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Govt extends validityof motor vehicledocuments till Sept 30NEW DELHI: The gov-ernment on Thursday ex-tended the validity of mo-tor vehicle documentslike driving licence (DL),registration certificate(RC) and permits till Sep-tember 30, 2021, in viewof the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.The Ministry of RoadTransport and Highways(MoRTH) said it has ad-vised the enforcementauthorities that the validi-ty of fitness, permit (alltypes), licence, registra-tion or any other con-cerned document(s) maybe treated to be valid tillSeptember 30, 2021.

Gold plungesRs 861; silvertanks Rs 1,709NEW DELHI: Gold in thenational capital on Thurs-day plunged Rs 861 toRs 46,863 per 10 gramsreflecting muted globaltrends, according toHDFC Securities.In the previous trade, theprecious metal hadclosed at Rs 47,724 per10 grams.Silver also declined Rs1,709 to Rs 68,798 perkg, from Rs 70,507 perkg in the previous trade.In the international mar-ket, gold was tradinglower at USD 1,810 perounce and silver was flatat USD 26.89 per ounce.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 17

The Centre on Thursday told theSupreme Court that the CBSEwill be adopting a 30:30:40 for-mula for evaluation of marks ofclass 12 students based on resultsof class 10, 11 and 12 respective-ly.

A bench of Justices AMKhanwilkar and Dinesh Mahesh-wari was told by Attorney Gener-al K K Venugopal that CBSE stu-dents who are not satisfied withthe evaluation formula will begiven an opportunity to take upClass 12 examination when thepandemic situation becomes con-ducive.

The top court told Venugopalto come up with modalities fordispute resolution mechanism inthe CBSE scheme itself, so thatgrievances of students can be tak-en care of.

Venugopal assured the benchthat a committee will be consti-tuted for redressal of students'concern, if any.

It said that some outer time-line for declaration of results and

proposed class 12 examinationshould also be specified.

The top court said that it isalso rejected arguments of someof the petitioners that there shallbe roll back of the decision tocancel Board exams.

The bench was hearing pleasseeking directions to cancel theclass 12 exams of the CentralBoard of Secondary Education(CBSE) and Council for the Indi-an School Certificate Examina-tion (CISCE) amid the pandemicsituation.

RAJENDRA KHATRYCHANDIGARH, JUNE 17

The state government is followingthe path of Antyodaya and extend-ing the benefits of various welfareschemes to the last person standingin the queue. Moving ahead in thisdirection, the State Governmenthas started an ambitious Scheme,‘Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Pari-var Utthan Yojana’, under whichefforts will be made to identify 1lakh poor families of the state andconnect them with the mainstream,said Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal today.

Addressing a press conferenceorganised to commemorate thecompletion of 600 days of theState Government here today inthe presence of Deputy Chief Min-ister Dushyant Chautala, Homeand Health Minister, Anil Vij, Ed-ucation Minister, Kanwar Pal,Transport Minister and others, theCM also released a booklet 'In-credible Haryana' depicting theachievements of 600 days of thetenure of the State Government inits second term.

The Chief Minister said thatthe State Government has alsostarted a unique scheme calledParivar Pehchan Patra, throughwhich poor families of the state

will be identified and every effortwill be made to ensure family in-come for them. For this, the StateGovernment will lay emphasis onskill development of the membersof such families, and will alsowork towards providing employ-ment opportunities to the unem-ployed members.

He said that in view of the lim-ited source of water in today'stime, steps should be taken for wa-ter conservation. In this direction,the State Government has startedMera Pani Meri Virasat Yojana, under which farmers havebeen called upon to cultivate alternative crops in placeof paddy and last year paddy wasnot sown on 94,000 acres of land.This year a target of 2 lakh acreshas been set.

AGENCYKATHMANDU, JUNE 17

As many as 20 people in-cluding three Indians havegone missing as floodstriggered by heavy rainsstruck Sindhupalchok dis-trict in central Nepal, agovernment official con-firmed.

The District Adminis-tration Officer (DAO) ofSindhupalchok, ArunPokhrel, confirmed thatthree Indian and an equalnumber of Chinese nation-als have gone missingsince Tuesday evening af-ter flash floods hit the dis-trict.

The recent incident inthe Sindhupalchok district,which touches Tibet on theNorthern side is suspectedto be triggered by a glacial

outburst that has dumped alarge mass of mud, stonesand residues in the Melam-chi Corridor.

Nearly 200 families re-siding along the MelamchiRiver Corridor has beendisplaced from theirhomes and have been tak-ing shelter in a local schoolsince Tuesday evening.

"We have recorded atotal of six foreign nation-als missing since Tuesday,there are a total of 20 peo-ple missing in the flashflood. The missing for-eigners include 3 Indiansand 3 Chinese nationals. They wereworking on a developmentproject here," ArunPokhrel, Chief District Of-ficer of SindhupalchokDistrict told a news agencyover the phone.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 17

The Supreme Court onThursday refused to put astay on its earlier order di-recting the Haryana govern-ment and authorities to de-molish around 10,000 resi-dential houses constructed il-legally at Khori village inHaryana's Faridabad, Aravaliforest area.

A Bench of the Apex

Court, headed by Justice A MKhanwilkar, and also com-prising Justice Dinesh Ma-heshwari refused to stay thedemolition of the 10,000 ille-gally constructed houses.

The Supreme Court todayrefused to take into account afresh plea seeking a stay onits earlier order.

However, the Apex Courtsaid that those entitled to re-habilitation, as per theHaryana government's 2003

scheme, would get the benefitof the same. The SupremeCourt bench, while refusingto stay the eviction of the ille-gal constructions, had earlieron June 7 observed, "Landgrabbers can't take refuge ofrule of law." The Apex Courtwas hearing the fresh plea to-day seeking a stay on its ear-lier order of June 7 that pavedthe way for the demolition ofaround 10,000 houses thathad been constructed illegal-

ly. The Writ Petition was filedon June 7, before the ApexCourt under Article 32 of theIndian Constitution challeng-ing the Haryana Shehri VikasPradhikaran RehabilitationPolicy. The writ petition filedbefore the Supreme Court hadclaimed that the MunicipalCorporation of Faridabad,had allegedly demolishedaround 1,700 slums withoutfollowing due procedure andlaw.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 17

Russian COVID-19 vaccineSputnik V vaccine will beavailable in nine more citiesacross India, including Ben-galuru, Mumbai, Chennai,Visakhapatnam, Baddi, Kol-hapur and Miryalaguda, in-formed the official twitterhandle of Sputnik V.

"The Sputnik V vaccinewill be available in 9 morecities across India, includingBengaluru, Mumbai, Chen-nai, Visakhapatnam, Baddi,Kolhapur and Miryalaguda,"Sputnik V tweeted.

The Russian vaccine's lo-cal distribution partner DrReddy's had also issued astatement on Wednesday say-ing that the project launch ofRussian Covid vaccine Sput-nik V has now been extendedto nine other cities. Initially,it was launched only in Hy-derabad.

In its statement, the phar-maceutical company had saidthe pilot launch is in its finalleg and necessary arrange-ments are being made to en-sure the availability of bothdoses.

Hyderabad-based DrReddy's Laboratories haspartnered with the RussianDirect Investment Fund(RDIF) for the rollout of thetwo-dose vaccine in India.

The first phase of the SputnikV rollout by Apollo Hospitalsand Dr Reddy's Laboratorieshad started on a pilot basis onMay 17 in Hyderabad and onMay 18 in Visakhapatnam.Besides Apollo Hospitals, thevaccine is also available inHyderabad at ContinentalHospitals. The price per doseof Sputnik V at private hospi-tals as per the pricing sched-ule issued by the central gov-ernment has been capped atRs 1,145. RDIF, earlier onJune 10, announced that theefficacy of the Sputnik Vvaccine during a vaccinationcampaign by Bahrain's Min-istry of Health was estimatedto be at 94.3 per cent.

BUREAU SHIMLA, JUNE 17

A spokesperson of the Healthdepartment informed that21,88,947 persons have beenadministered first dose ofCovid-19 vaccination in theState out of which 4,38,750have also been given seconddose of the vaccine till today.

He further added that85,650 health care workersand 1,78,047 frontline work-ers have received their firstdose in the State. After thelaunch of vaccination drive for18 to 44 years age group in theState 2,03,487 persons havebeen vaccinated within onemonth and this number would

further rise in the comingdays. He said that from thecommencement of the vacci-nation drive in the country9,84,687, persons of 45 plusage group and 7,37,076 of 60plus age group have receivedtheir 1st dose of vaccination inthe State. He said that districtHamirpur has vaccinated thehighest percentage of its pop-ulation with first dose of the

vaccine (49.5%) followed byKinnaur and Bilaspur, inwhich 46% and 45.6% of theprojected population of 18plus has been inoculated withthe first dose of the Covid-19vaccine. The spokespersonsaid that in order to mitigatethe effect of the anticipatedthird wave of Covid-19 viralpandemic, it is very essentialthat people are vaccinatedagainst the virus. He said thatthe vaccinations are being pro-vided to different age groupson the basis of prioritizationstrategy. He appealed to allthat the persons, whose 2nddose is due after 84 days,should get themselves vacci-nated at the earliest.

AGENCYSRINAGAR, JUN 17

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar onThursday visited Tulail valley nearthe Line of Control (LoC) in northKashmir district of Bandipora andmet security forces guarding the bor-ders.

Official sources said that Mr Ku-mar arrived at Neeru village in Tulailvalley in Gurez, which is surroundedfrom Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir(PoK) from three sides, at around1200 hrs on Thursday in a helicopter.

“Mr Kumar met security force per-sonnel guarding the forward posts, in-cluding from Army and BSF, at Neeruvillage,” they said.

Confirming the arrival of the Bol-lywood actor in the valley, a BSF of-ficial said that Mr Kumar has onceagain come to meet the brave heartsguarding the borders as the country isentering into the 75th year of Inde-pendence. “Mr Kumar on Thursdaywent to one of the forward locationsof BSF,” he said.

However, he didn’t give any fur-ther details about the visit.

SC refuses to stay order on demolition of illegallyconstructed houses in Aravali forest area

Akshay visits forward area in Kashmir,meets troops guarding LoC

Sputnik V to beavailable in 9 morecities across India

Covid 19: 21.88 lakh administeredfirst dose in Himachal Pradesh

3 Indians among 20missing in flash floods

in central Nepal

CBSE will adopt 30:30:40formula for class 12 students

Govt committed to welfareschemes, says Haryana CMon completion of 600 days

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of SecondaryEducation (CBSE) on Thursday announced that theClass 10 and 12 results will be declared by July 20and July 31 respectively.

Earlier in the day, CBSE submitted its evalua-tion criteria for awarding grades/marks for Class 12exams before Supreme Court.

For Class 10 and 12, marks in the best of threefrom five papers in term exams will be considered.

Examination Controller of CBSE SanyamBhardwaj said, "Our efforts are that Class 10 CBSEresults will be declared by July 20 and Class 12 re-

sults will be declared by the July 31, so that studentswho want to go for study in a foreign country do notsuffer." Explaining the evaluation criteria submittedin Supreme Court, the Examination "There are oddcircumstances in front of us and examinations arenot being held and without that we have to declarethe result. Then the students should be properlyevaluated. The situation is known, that's why wehave formed a committee. We have developed a cri-terion so that when the results come out it reflectssimilar result as students have obtained had therebeen examinations."

Board to declare Class 10 result by July 20

India logs 67,208new nCoV cases;2,330 deathsNEW DELHI: India report-ed 67,208 new cases ofthe novel coronavirus inthe past 24 hours, takingthe total number of infec-tions to 2,97,00,313, theUnion Health Ministry saidon Thursday.Besides, the country alsosaw 2,330 deaths, push-ing the total number of fa-talities to 3,81,903. Thedeath toll stands at 1.29per cent.

SHIMLA: Director,Information andPublic RelationsHarbans SinghBrascon has beenpromoted to IAScadre. He hasserved Himachalgovernment at several prestigiousposts. His namewas recommendedby state governmentfor the cadre toUnion Public Ser-vice Commission.

Harbans SinghBrascon promotedto IAS cadre

Sonia Gandhi tookboth doses ofCOVID-19: SourcesNEW DELHI: The Con-gress interim presidentSonia Gandhi has takenboth doses of theCOVID-19 vaccine whileRahul Gandhi has not yettaken the jabs since hehad contracted the virusin May, sources said onThursday. According tothe party sources, Con-gress leader PriyankaGandhi Vadra has takenone shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. The remarkswere made followingquestions by several BJPleaders who demandedfor vaccination details ofthe Gandhis to be madepublic. The Congress in-terim president took thefirst jab of the COVID-19vaccine in March whilePriyanka Gandhi Vadratook her first shot in May,the sources said.

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BABAIN, JUNE 17 (RAVI KUMAR) : Maharani Laxmibai's sacrifice day was celebrated in Adarsh School Bargat. On this occasion, Sohanlal, Chairman, Ardash School told children online about the life of Maharani Laxmibai. He told that Maharani Laxmibai was born on 19 November 1835 in Kashi. His father Moropant Tambe was a dependent of Chiknaji Appa. His mother's name was Bhagirathi Bai. Moropant was also favored by the Peshwa as the Maharani's paternal grandfather, Balwant Rao, was a general in the army of Bajirao Peshwa. Lakshmibai was known as Manubai in her childhood. In 1838, Gangadhar Rao was declared the king of Jhansi. He was married to Manubai in 1850. In 1851, they were blessed with a son. On 27 February 1854, Lord Dalhousie rejected the adoption of Damodar Rao under the policy of adoption and announced the annexation of Jhansi to the British state. On receiving the information of the political agent, this sentence erupted from the mouth of the queen, I will not give my Jhansi. The British took over Jhansi on 7 March 1854. The Rani of Jhansi declined the pension and started residing in the palace of the city.

Maharani Laxmibai's sacrifice day observed

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2021

Cong seeks SC-monitored probe into Ram Mandir “land scam”SHIV KUMAR SHARMA was sold for 2 crores and on the same day minutes. He has demanded that the ED KARNAL, JUNE 17 again the agreement was done for 18 and a and CBI should get the entire matter

half crores. The price of this land of probed under the supervision of the Youth Congress Karnal President Gaurav Ayodhya increased at the rate of five and Supreme Court so that the truth comes out. Sharma has demanded a CBI probe into a half lakh rupees per second. The speed He said that crores of people who have the Ram Mandir land scam under the with which the price of land increased is faith in Lord Ram were deeply hurt by this supervision of the Supreme Court. a record in itself. After all, how did the matter. People had given donations by Gaurav Sharma alleged that people's faith trust buy the stamp already? For the cutting corners whether they were is being played with which is purchase of land in any trust, the labourers, farmers or employees. But the condemnable. It is unbearable. There proposal is passed after meeting the money of that donation was stolen, and should be a high level inquiry into this. board. He wondered how the trust bought scam happened and the BJP stood in Sharma said that 10 minutes ago the land the land by passing the proposal in just five support of scamsters, he alleged.

Covid norms to be followed during Yoga Day celebrations: Addl CSPARDEEP MEHTA training has also been kept for this and various PANIPAT, JUNE 17 yoga teachers will teach yoga to the participating

persons. Protocol must be followed for the time To celebrate International Yoga Day, on Thursday period of the event, 45 minutes. All the Deputy evening, Additional Chief Secretary of Health Commissioners should make full preparations Department, Rajiv Arora spoke to all the Deputy for this. Additional Principal Secretary to the Commissioners through video conference and laid Chief Minister and Director General of stress on adopting the COVID protocol. He added Information and Public Relations, Dr. Amit that towards the end of the second wave of Covid, Agarwal said that the main state level program this year's celebration of International Yoga Day would be organized in Chandigarh in which will be of a smaller scale due to the pandemic but it Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will will be full of positivity and these programs will be participate and his address during the event organized at 50 places in each district. He said that would also be broadcast in all the districts.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2021

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63372 K h u r j a B u l a n d s h a h a r, S u k h j i n d e r j e e t S i n g h my name to Gurman Singh Name To Munish Sanan Ward No.2 , Siwan Gate, Nagar - 144510, Punjab, I, Jagdeep Singh S/o Bhajan Ut t a r P radesh–203131 Mangat. Dhillon. 72737 Kaithal Have Changed My India have changed my name Singh R/o Vill: Shahpur Po. have changed my name to 63372 63372 I, Yashpal S/O Madan Lal Name From Jagdish Kumar and shall hereafter be known Dakounda Teh- Nabha Rohan Singh. I, Charnjeet Singh S/O Uttar I, Jasvir Kaur W/o Raghbir R/O Hno. 38, Gali No. 3, Kakkar To Jagdish. All as Baljit Singh Bhatti.(Patiala) Punjab, India, 63372 S i n g h R / O V i l l a g e Singh R/o S.B.S. Nagar Sunder Nagar, Near Shivala Concerned Please Consider 72778changed my name to Jagdeep I , G u r j an t S ingh S /o M a n d w a l a , D i s t r i c t K o t k a p u r a ( F a r i d k o t ) Bhayian, Amritsar, Punjab. My Identity By Name Jagdish I, Sarbjit S/O Dharmjit R/O Tiwana. Darshan Singh R/o Vill: Faridkot Have Changed My changed my name to Jasvir Have Changed My Name To In Future. Backside Arjun Cold Store,

63372 Ta l w a n d i B h a n g a r i a Name To Charanjit Singh. Kaur Jassal. Yashpal Sanan 84451 Hargobind Nagar, Dhogri I, Balbir S/O Krishan Lal, (Moga) changed my name 63372 63372 72737 I, Paramjit Kaur Spouse of Road, PO Reru Dis t t . R/O H.No.843, Baba Budha t o G u r j a n t S i n g h I, Madhav Juneja S/o Anil I, Dalwinder Kaur W/O I, Bakhsish singh S/o Surjit JC-287215W Rank Nb Sub Jalandhar have changed my Ji Nagar, Basti Mithu, Dhaliwal. Kumar R/o H.No. 187 W.No. Gagandeep Singh Sandhu Singh R/o VPO Guruwali (Gnr) Name Satnam Singh, name f rom Sarb j i t to Jalandhar Have Changed My 63372 16 Mohalla Chhardian Wala R / O K a c h a r B h a n Patti Rao Ki Tarn Taran Road Resident of Vill-Dhara Nagri SARBJIT KUMAR.Name From Balbir To Balbir I, Dharamveer Singh S/o Sunam (Sangrur) changed (Ferozepur) Changed Name Amritsar have Changed my Amberpur, PO- Bilaspur, 72778Kumar. G u r d i a l S i n g h V p o : my name from Madhav to Dalwinder Kaur Sandhu name to Bakhshish Singh Teh-Bilaspur, Dist- Rampur I, Ravinder Singh S/O Iqbal

63372 Sarawan Bodla District. Madhav Juneja. (After Marriage). 72737 (UP) have changed my name Singh R/O H. No. 225, Vill. Sri Muktsar Sahib. I have 63372 63372 I, Sarjit Singh S/o Arjan from Paramjit Kaur to Karari, PO Kishangarh, c hanged my name to I , S a n t o s h R a n i W / o I, Sukhwinder Kaur Singh Singh R/o VPO Guruwali Paramjeet Kaur. Vide Affidavit D i s t t . J a l andha r have Dharamvir Singh. Jag j iwan Kumar a l i a s W/O Karamjit Singh R/O Patti Rao Ki Tarn Taran Road Dated 17/06/2021 before CO, 3 changed my name from

63372 Narinder Kumar R/o Sunam W.No.6 Near Dhawan Palace Amritsar have Changed my Medium Regiment. R a v i n d e r S i n g h t o Udham Singh Wala Teh- Daman Singh Gill Nagar name to Surjit Singh 5000 R AV I N D E R S I N G H Sunam Udham Singh Moga Punjab PIN 142001 72737 I Smt Harjit Kaur Widow of No. MATTU.Wala (Sangrur) declare Have Changed My Name To I, Navtej Singh Sandhu S/o 7092451Y Ex-Hav Joga Singh 72778that my husband Jagjiwan Sukhwinder Kaur. Harjit Singh Sandhu R/o H. No. 15885A, St No.6, I Anil Bhatia S/o Krishan Kumar alias Narinder 63372 R/o.40-GF HIG flats B- Guru Gobind Singh Nagar, Lal Bhatia R/o H.no.55 Kumar one and the same I, Rishab Singh S/o Jaswinder b lock Ranj i t Avenue Bathinda Inform all that name Aman Nagar New Model person. Both names are Singh R/O Lohian Khas Amritsar declare that I have and Dob of my daughter is given House Jalandhar Have mine. Te h s i l S h a h k o t D i s t t Changed my son name from wrongly in the Service Records Change my Name fROM

63372 Jalandhar Have Changed My Amaan Sandhu to Amaan of my husband as Manty and Anil Bhatia To Anil Kumar I, Amarjeet Kaur W/o Name From Rishab Singh To Singh Sandhu. all note it Dob 30.03.1979, but correct BhatiaBaljit Singh R/o Moga Rishab Singh Masoun. 72737 name is Manjinder Kaur, Dob 72778changed my name to 63372 I, Aaftab Sandhu S/o 31.03.1980 Adhar No. 3271-1213- I Dev Raj Garg S/o Surinder Pooja Rani. I, Gurpreet Pal Singh S/o Navtej Singh Sandhu 5739 Kumar # 116, Jawahar

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63372 I, Ramdass Singh S/o 72737 I Rekha Dhand Alias Naresh I S u r i n d e r K a u r w / o Bharpur Singh R/o VPO I, Agamvir Singh S/o kumari w/o Keshav Kumar H a r k i s h a n S i n g h r / o Ikolaha, Tehsil Khanna Sukhdev Singh R/o ward dhand R/o H.No. 36 VPO.Malri tehsil Nakodar (Ludhiana) have changed No.5, Near Dana Mandi Mohindra Colony Amritsar has district Jalandhar have my name to Sadu. Tehsil Majitha Distt changed my name from Rekha changed my name from

63372 Amritsar declare that I Dhand Alias Naresh kumari to Surinder Kaur to Mohinder I, Ravinder Singh S/o Have Changed my name Rekha Dhand Kaur. All note please. S w a r a n S i n g h R / o from Sunil Kumar to 900020 100066W. N o . 0 8 , H . N o . 2 8 , Agamvir Singh I Sneh Lata W/o Vikram I No.4487052W Rank LNK Khamanon (Fatehgarh 72737 Choudhary R/o Village Mirpur Rupa Singh son of Piara Sahib) have changed to I, Japleen Kaur W/o Sumit Tehsil And Distt Gurdaspur S i n g h v i l l a g e D a l l a name Ravinder Singh Kalra R/o H.No.1017, Have Changed My Name To ( Q a d i a n ) d i s t r i c t Baghri Basant City, P.O. Rajguru Sneh Lata Choudyary Gurdaspur, in my service

63372 Nagar, Ludhiana have 900020 record my son's name is I, Navreet Singh S/o changed my name Japleen I Sunidhi W/o Paras Malhotra w r o n g l y e n t e r e d a s Raghvir Singh R/o Vill: Kaur to Japleen Kalra. R/o Vpo Mehta Chowk Tehsil Ashpreet Singh while his S e h , T e h - S a m r a l a 72737 B a b a B a k a l a D i s t r i c t correct name is Arshpreet (Ludhiana) have changed I, Mohinder Pal S/o Ram Amritsar,have Changed My Singh.my name Navreet Singh Lal R/o H.No.33/628, Name To Sunidhi Malhotra 98765Bhangu. S a r o o p N a g a r, B a g g a 900020 I, Kamaljeet Kaur Samra

63372 Kalan, Ludhiana have I, Mahakpreet Singh S/o Navreet W/o Malkit Singh R/o I, Manik S/o Sanjay c h a n g e d m y n a m e Singh R/o Ambalia Farm , Garhi Village Nizamdin Wala Kochhar R/o.H.No.1, Gali Mohinder Pal to Lajpat Langri , Kurukshetra Changed Tehsil Zira Distt. Ferozepur No.4, Fatehgarh Churian Rai Given Name Mahakpreet Have Changed My Name Road Opposite Preet .72737 Surname Singh. Kamaljeet Kaur Samra To Enclave Baba Deep Singh I Neetu Bala W/O Raj 84661 Kamlajeet Kaur.Colony Amritsar Punjab Kumar R/O House No. I,surinder Singh S/o Bhagwan 900025have Changed my name 1 3 9 8 , S t . N o . 7 , Singh Vill Karanpur, Ghanaur , to Manik Kochhar S h i m l a p u r i , L u d h i a n a Patiala Changed Given Name

72737 Have Changed My Name Surinder Surname Singh.I, Radhika Gupta W/O to Neetu Rani. Please 84661Rajiv Bansal Hno209 Note. I Sat Pal S/O Joginder Ram Shastri Nagar Lawrence 72737 Vill.Noor Pur P.O.Sarhal Qazian Road Amritsar Have I, Jasdeep Kaur Brar W/o Teh.Banga Distt.SBS Nagar,have Changed My Name To Gurvir Singh Randhawa changed my name to Satpal Radhika Bansal R/o VPO Mimsa ,Tehsil Ram.please note .

72737 Dhuri. Distt Sangrur,Have 900022I , Raj iv Gupta S/O Changed My Name To I, Priyanka Sheokand D/o Sh. Vijay Kumar Hno209 Jasdeep Kaur Randhawa. Devinder Singh R/o H.No. C-S h a s t r i N a g a r 98726 109 Kurukshetra University L a w r e n c e R o a d I , Navinder Singh S/o C a m p u s K u r u k s h e t r a A m r i t s a r H a v e Hukam Chand R/o #110-A, (Thanesar) Teh.& Distt. Changed My Name To Vi l l a g e - N a d a S a h i b , Kurukshetra, that I have Rajiv Bansal Devinagar (Part) (384), changed the name of my

72737 P a n c h k u l a ( H a r y a n a ) m i n o r d a u g h t e r f r o m I, Amandeep Miglani W/O declare that in my passport Deepanjali D/O Sh.Rajeev to Vishal Bhandari R/O 615 my given name is Navinder Deepanjali Sheokand D/ O Rb Estate Loharka Road Singh. But now, I want to Sh.Rajeev In future she A m r i t s a r A m a n d e e p correct my given name should be known & called by Miglani To Amandeep column as Navinder and the name of Deepanjali Kaur Surname column as Singh. Sheokand D/o Sh. Rajeev.

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I Satpal S/O Bhadu Ram R/O Vill. Mihriyan Teh. Rajpura ( Patiala ) Declare That My Son Rajesh Kumar And His Wife Kajal Devi Is Out Of My Control So I Disown From My M o v e a b l e / I m m o v e a b l e Property. Anyone Dealing With Him At Our Own Risk.

63372We, Satpal S/O Baghwan Dass & Sunita Rani W/O Satpal R/O VPO Baddowal Teh & Distt Ludhiana Declare That My Son Ajaypal And His Wife Soffy And His Children Are Out Of My Control ,We Disown Them From My Moveable Immoveable Property's ,We Will Not Be Responsible For Any Work There In Future.

63372I, Rocky S/o Late: Anand Kishore R/o Vpo. Mansurwal Done (Kapurthala) Pb, India, declare that my son Vikas is out of my control. So i disown w i t h h i m f r o m m y m o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e property. If anybody dealing with him at his/her own risk.

63372We Vinod Mangu S/O Shri. Dharam Chand and Poonam Mangu W/O Vinod Mangu R/O House No. B-11,229/1, Ward No. 52, Samrala Road, F a t e h g a n j C e n t r e , P O Ludhiana Have Declate That Our Son Sumit Mangu and His Wife Roohi are out of my Control so I disinherited them f r o m m y a l l m o v e a b l e / I m m o v e a b l e properties. Anbody deals with them shall do at its own risk and responsibility. I shall not be liable with the same

72737I , Ra j e sh Su r t a S ingh R/o.H.No.1586, Gali Giani Bakhshish Singh Wali, Navi Abadi, Faizpura, Rattan Singh Singh Chowk Amritsar declare that my son Manpreet Singh and his wife Sandeep Kaur and my grand daughter Anmolpreet are not in my Control so I disinherited them f r o m m y a l l m o v e a b l e / I m m o v e a b l e properties. Anbody deals with them shall do at its own risk and responsibility.

72737I, Paramjit Kaur W/o Pritam Singh R/o Saidowal, Tehsil & Distt Kapurthala declare that my daughter Kulwinder Kaur & her husband Heera Singh, their daughter Sukhmani, & son Gursher Singh are out of my control. So I disown them f r o m m y m o v e a b l e & Immoveable Proper t ies . Anybody Dealing with them at his own risk & responsibility. All concerned may note.

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I, Army No. 15501709K Rank L/Nk Name Harish Kumar Yadav S/o Hazari Lal R/o 55 (INDP) Mech Bde Sig Coy (Beas Military Station), (Amritsar) declare that in my army record my mother name and her DOB entered wrongly Lal Devi DOB 01-06-1965. But my mother correct name is Lali Devi and Correct DOB is 05-03-1962. So amended my mother name Lal Devi to Lali Devi and DOB from 01-06-1965 to 05-03-1962 in my army record.

63372I, Army No. 15501709K Rank L/Nk Name Harish Kumar Yadav S/o Hazari Lal R/o 55 (INDP) Mech Bde Sig Coy (Beas Military Station), (Amritsar) declare that in my army record my father Hazari Lal DOB entered wrongly 01-06-1963. But my father correct DOB is 20-10-1959. So amended my father DOB from 01-06-1963 to 20-10-1959 in my army record.

63372I, Hardeep Singh S/O Buta Singh R/O Vpo Kikar Khera, Distt Fazilka (Punjab) Declares That My Name Is Mentioned In Metric Certificate Is Hardip Singh And In Aadhar Card And Other Documents Is Hardeep Singh, Both Names Are Mine And The Same Person.

63372I, Sukhvir Kaur, Vpo. Badhni Kalan Near Dharmsala Patti Salo Teh-Nihal Singh Wala (Moga) Pin-142037, Punjab, India, have changed the spelling of my mother’s name which is misspelled in my documents. Wrong spelling is Paramjit Kaur and correct spelling is Parmjit Kaur.

63372I Parmjit Kaur W/O Charnjeet Singh Village Kainaur Tehsil Morinda Distt Rupnagar State Punjab My Old Name Was Santosh Kumari D/O Hans Raj After Marriage I Was Changed My Name Santosh Kumari To Parmjit Kaur But Still Both Are My Name

63372I, No. JC-522500A Sub. Sartaj Kumar s/o Shri Jaisi Ram of 9 Dogra Regiment R/O Village Kapahat, PO, Mustapur, Tehsil & Distt. Hoshiarpur Punjab, have changed the date of birth my wife Anil Rani from 14/10/1978 to 14/10/ 1976. All concerned please note.

63372Manik Naresh Nagpal S/o Sh. Prem Das Nagpal R/o H.no 46- Model Town Shakti Nagar Yamunanagar Tehsil Jagadhri Distt Yamunanagar Declare That My Wife Bandna Nagpal And My Son Nikhil Nagpal And My Daughter Shiwani Nagpal Is Married Both Is Out Of My Control So I Disown F r o m M y M o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e Property. Anyone Dealing With Him At Our Own Risk.

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PUBLIC NOTICEThe general public is hereby informed that M/s Manav Steels Traders through its Proprietor Parveen Kumar is the owner of the property One property bearing M.C. no. 8-15-971/120, Plot no. 121-C, Measuring 75 sq yds. Situated at Industrial Estate, Ludhiana, That my client misplaced previous original Sale deed bearing wasika no. bearing wasika no. 22519 dated 28/12/1999 in favour of Ramesh Kumar Anand s/o Madan Lal Anand and regarding loss of said document Unique ID (DDR) bearing no. 145416/2021 has also been lodged in P.S. Model Town, Ludhiana. Hence the previous sale bearing wasika no. 22519 dated 28/12/1999 is not available. But now my client mortgaged the said property to Karnataka Bank. So, Karnataka Bank required the previous sale deed bearing wasika no. 22519 dated 28/12/1999 for creating of equitable mortgage but that sale deed is not available. So, through this publication inform that If anybody has any objection regarding the mortgage of the said property he/she may respond within 3 days. After expiry of stipulated period no claim would be entitled.Published by:-Harmoinder Singh, AdvocateChamber no. 1023, 1st floor,Lawyer Chamber Complex, Part-2,Distt. Courts. Ludhiana.Mobile No. 98151-46656.Office no. 0161-4646656

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District Office: MogaShort Term Tender Notice for Disposal of Un-Serv iceable Wooden Cr a t e s We b s i t e : www.pswc.in Sealed tenders from interested parties are invited for the sale of 8000 un-serviceable wooden crates lying at following state warehouses in District Moga. The detail is given below:-

The tender forms with term and conditions can be purchased from Accounts Branch of District office, Dashmesh Nagar, Gali No. 10 Amritsar Road, Moga on any working day on payment of Rs. 1000/- (Rs. One Thousand Only) or may be download from the website www.pswc.in, in case of download form the tenderers will have to pay the cost or tender form (i.e. Rs. 1000/-) at the time of submitting the tender in the shape of bank draft in favour of Punjab State Warehousing Corporation payable at Moga. The Tender form should be accompanied with earnest money in the shape of bank draft and should reach on or before the date mentioned above. The tender without EMD shall be rejected out rightly. The Stocks can be inspected by the tenderer on any working day at above mentioned warehouses of District Moga.Managing Director PSWC reserves the right to accept or reject any or all the tenders without assigning any reason.Date: 17-06-2021District ManagerFor Managing Director.

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Speaker inauguratesmore developmentprojectsSD SHARMAPANCHKULA: While continuing withthe series of giving new developmentprojects to the residents of Panchkula,Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker,GianChand Gupta laid the foundation stoneof various development works worthabout Rs 48.25 lakh at Major ShaheedSandeep Shankla Memorial Chowk,Sector-2 here today. The developmentworks for which Sh. Gupta laid founda-tion stone included repair of damagedCircular Brick Drain (CBD) for stormwater drainage in Sector-2, Ward No.12 at a cost of more than Rs 3.40 lakh,repair and maintenance of Park in Sec-tor-2, Ward No. 16 at a cost of morethan Rs 6.71 lakh, providing of 80 mminterlocking paver tiles on the outer pathand painting on existing grills, graniteetc at Sandeep Sankla Chowk, Sector-2, Ward No. 12 at a cost of more thanRs 8.60 lakh. Similarly, Sh Gupta alsolaid the foundation stone of repair andmaintenance of park in Sector-2, WardNo. 11 at a cost of more than Rs 7.94lakh, cleaning, repair and constructionof road gully in Sector-2 and Majri wardNo. 12 at a cost of more than Rs 8.22lakh and repair and maintenance of var-ious works in sector-2 village Majri andKharag Mangoli ward No. 12 at a costof more than Rs 13.37 lakh. Sh Guptasaid that today he has laid the founda-tion stone of various developmentworks worth more than Rs. 48 lakh,which would directly benefit the resi-dents of Sector-2 and nearby areas. Hesaid that it has always been his en-deavor to provide all basic facilities tothe residents of Panchkula.

Narwal welcomesCabinet decision onsocial securityR K KASHYAPCHHACHHARAULI: The decision tak-en in the Haryana cabinet meeting hasbeen welcomed by the general public.While holding a press conference inChhachhrauli, the media in-charge ofBharatiya Janata Party ChhachhrauliMandal, Karm Singh Narwal said thatthe cabinet has given its approval onthe increase in pension and allowancesand financial assistance under varioussocial security schemes in Haryanafrom April 1. He informed that in thecabinet meeting in Chandigarh, it hadalso been decided to give reimburse-ment of GST on items used in the treat-ment of corona patients. Apart from this,old age honor allowance and destitutewomen pension, disabled pension, dearsocial security allowance, bonus andeunuch allowance have been increasedfrom Rs 2250 to Rs 2500 per month.Similarly, a provision has been made togive 1600 per month to destitute chil-dren instead of 1350 and to handi-capped children not going to school of1950 per month instead of 1650. He in-formed that a large-scale plantationcampaign has been started by the For-est Department to increase the area ofgreenery in Haryana by Haryana Forestand Education Minister ChaudharyKanwar Pal. Under this, plantation willbe done in 10 per cent of the eight lakhacres of panchayat land, which will pro-mote greenery on a large scale.

Every patriot muststand up for Vishal:SurendraR R SHELLYKARNAL: Surendra Sharma Barota,the district head of Brahmin Sabha, hasappealed to run a Twitter trend by issu-ing a post for the release of Indian-ori-gin Vishal Jude, who was a victim ofKhalistani conspiracy in Australia. It hasbeen said through the poster that onJune 17 at 6:00 pm, tag the PMO, Pres-ident and Ministry of External Affairswith the hashtag #JusticeForVishalJude. It has been said that Hin-dus should support Vishal Jude, whowas implicated by Khalistanis in Aus-tralia. At the same time, Surendra Shar-ma Barota has also given the slogan ofTricolor flag Zindabad, Khalistan Murd-abad. He called upon every Indian sit-ting across the world to show theircountry's strength and patriotismthrough social media and come forwardto give a befitting reply to the Khalistaniforces.Significantly, there is a demand acrossthe country for the release of VishalJude. The unity of this country and thiscountry will never let the nefarious de-signs of people who dream of breakingthe country be successful. Some peo-ple talk of breaking the country for thefulfillment of their personal interests.

Divyang to bevaccinated on June 19 DARSHAN SHARMA'NILOKHERI: Vaccination of Divyangwill be done on 19th June at Tapan Re-habilitation Centre. The director of thecentre Sujata said that vaccination willbe done from 10 am to 2 pm. The cen-tre can be contacted for the registrationof the vaccine. Apart from this, vaccina-tion can be done by registering thename on the spot.

Kali Mata idolinstalled in templeDARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI: After the construction ofKali Mata's temple in Kisan Basti, theidol of Kali Mata was installed there. AYagnaa was performed before the in-stallation of the idol.Kali Mata Mandirwas established on Kisan Basti Road.Many devotees were present on thisoccasion from Kisan Basti and other ar-eas. After the Havan Yagya, the idol ofKali Mata was established in the tem-ple. Langar was distributed to the devo-tees. On the other hand, Baba VadbhagSingh Poultry Area organized langar onthe occasion of martyrdom day of GuruArjan Dev. Langar was distributed withgreat reverence to the passers-by.

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Minimum wage of workers hikedPARDEEP MEHTAPANIPAT,: The Labour Department has taken a decision by increasing the minimumwages of the workers. Giving information, a spokesman of the Labour Department saidthat the minimum wage of a labourer has been fixed at Rs 9704, while the minimumwage for semi-skilled A category and B category will be Rs 10,189 and Rs 10,698 re-spectively. Skilled A and B will now get Rs 11231 and 11795 salaries. The salary of ahighly skilled worker has been fixed at Rs 12,385. The minimum wage of a worker belowmatriculation would be Rs.10,189 and for a matriculation pass the minimum wage wouldbe Rs.10,698 and that of a worker above graduation would be Rs.11,233. Giving infor-mation, he said that the wage of the steno typist will be Rs. 10,188 and for shorthand Rs11,233 and Rs 11795 for senior shorthand worker.

AGENCYCHANDIGARH, JUN 17

Haryana Revenue and DisasterManagement Department has dele-gated the powers of Collector to allDistrict Municipal Commissionersin the State within their respectivejurisdictions under various sectionsof the Punjab Land Revenue Act,1887, to recover the taxes, fees andcharges payable to the municipalbodies as arrears of land revenueunder the Haryana Municipal Act,1973.

A notification to this effect wasissued here by the Financial Com-missioner Revenue and AdditionalChief Secretary, Revenue and Dis-aster Management, Mr. SanjeevKaushal.

The Department has also con-ferred the powers of Assistant Col-lector 1st Grade on all District Mu-nicipal Commissioners. The powersof Assistant Collector 2nd Grade

have been given to all ExecutiveOfficers of Municipal Councils.

All the Commissioners of Mu-nicipal Corporations have also beengiven the power of Collector with-in their jurisdictions to recover thetaxes, fees and charges payable tothe municipal bodies under the

Haryana Municipal CorporationAct, 1994.

The Revenue and Disaster Man-agement Department has also con-ferred the power of Assistant Col-lector 1st grade on all the Addition-al Commissioners, and Additionaland Joint Municipal Commission-ers of the Municipal Corporations.Similarly, the powers of AssistantCollector Grade 2nd have beenconferred on all the Deputy Munic-ipal Commissioners, Executive Of-ficers and Zonal Taxation Officersof the Municipal Corporations intheir respective jurisdictions to re-cover the taxes, fees and chargespayable to municipal bodies as ar-rears of land revenue, the notifica-tion added.

The Haryana Government hadrecently created new posts of Dis-trict Municipal Commissioner inevery district with a view to speedup the development works in allMunicipal Committees.

‘Disaster Management Dept delegatedpowers of Collector to all Dist MCs’

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, JUNE 17

Aerocity house #6571/G owner Anil Malho-tra has complained to GMADA of unautho-rised, illegal and hazardous construction in vi-olation of Zoning Plan of Aerocity and Build-ing Rules. Zoning plan is the plan approvedby competent authority, showing inter aliaboundaries of building sites, open space posi-tions, permissible heights and such other re-strictions on the use and development ofbuildings. Under Building Rules, erection ofany building shall comply with restrictions ofZoning Plan, architectural control sheets andschedule clauses. Any violation or relaxationof height of common boundary walls is notpermissible as zoning plans can neither beamended nor altered, least of all by executiveoffice orders.

Aggrieved by illegal removal of backcommon wall grill on 6 feet height wall bySheojee Singh owning adjoining plot#6570/G, the complaint stated that it violatespermissible covered area limit and blocks air,light, open space, ventilation and fire preven-tion. If such unauthorised, illegal demolition

of common walls and raising impermissiblewalls is permitted in Aerocity, entire purposeof a planned city with fixed heights of wallsand covered area will be lost.

Sheojee has built a massive undergroundwater storage tank of 10 ft depth, in front openspace in his plot abutting common frontboundary wall between #6570 & #6571/G. Ifthis underground tank is always full of water,there is every chance of seepage through un-derground foundation wall. Accordingly, suchseepage over a passage at a time can lead tocollapse of wall and sinking of earth, therebycausing depression in the #6571/G. No con-sent or permission was granted to build anysuch underground water storage tank by me inthe open space area.

Underground water storage tank abutsfront boundary wall of #6570/G, outsidewhich is an electrical meter box containing 12electrical meters, junction boxes and electri-cal wiring. Since entire electrical cables areunderground, any seepage of water from un-derground water storage tank can immediate-ly raise a major electrical collapse and shortcircuiting the entire electrical supply of Ae-rocity.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, JUNE 17

Congress's district convenerTrilochan Singh has said thatthe Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) should take a peek intoits own deeds before planningprotests against the Emer-gency, which was imposedduring the Prime Minister In-dira Gandhi’s rule in the past.

“The BJP has suppressed the countryin an undeclared emergency since 2014. Itfirst imposed economic emergency by im-posing demonetisation. The governmenthas been adopting immoral tactics to crushits opponents for eight years,” he said,adding the government has crushed thefreedom of the media. “Repression is be-ing done. The freedom of expression in thecountry has been guarded by CBI and oth-er agencies. Repression is being unleashedin Kashmir and North East. Peacefulmovement of farmers is being smohered.

Whoever speaks againstgovernment, is put in jail,”he alleged.

He said that PM Modihas donned the role of anautocratic dictator, and thecountry has been turnedinto an undeclared prison.BJP is slamming 138 crorepeople of the country. Hesaid that the Election Com-mission has become a pup-

pet in the hands of government and theCBI is a parrot of the government. Thegovernment has attacked the fundamentalrights of the people, he added.

He said that today, the government isstrangling the middle class. Referring tothe farmers' movement, he said that thefarmers’ agitation is going on for sixmonths, and more than 500 farmers havebeen martyred. But the government hasnot woken up, he rued. He said that todaydue to inflation, the life of the people hasbecome difficult.

Rs 3.5 lakh distributedunder CIF

NIRMAL SAINIRADAUR, JUNE 17

Cheques worth about Rs 3.5 lakh have been distributed underCommunity Investment Funds (CIF) fund to women belong-ing to women's aid groups. These cheques have been distrib-uted to 7 women support groups. Each group has been givena check of Rs 50,000. The group's block manager, Rajkumaridistributed these cheques. She said that women could find em-ployment opportunities in the village itself. The governmentis giving opportunities to the poor women in the village tohave gainful employment by forming groups. Financial assis-tance is also being given for this. He said that thousands ofwomen have got employment in the villages of the area. Dueto which their financial condition has become strong and theyhave also made their own identity.

Pahwa apprises DC ofBarara’s civic woes

RAMAN WADHWABARARA, JUNE 17:

Barara Chairperson Richa Pahwa and her husband Han-ni Pahwa today met the newly appointed Deputy Com-missioner Vikram Singh in Ambala for the opening oflong blocked drain in ward number-9 in Barara today.He apprised the new DC of the pending problems ofBarara.

It may be mentioned that the closed drain in WardNo. 9 of Barara has been illegally occupied by the landmafia from long time. Due to which the rain water isnot able to go further and a part of area gets waterlogged, Hani Pahwa told that the DC. The DC assuredthem of solving their problems soon.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, JUNE 17

MP Sanjay Bhatia, today said that from nowonwards the elderly of the state would nothave to wait for the government survey totake the benefit of old agepension. Because now assoon as a resident becomes60 year old, a message fromHaryana government willflash on his mobile phoneinforming him that that hehas now become eligiblefor old age pension and canapply for old age pensiononline with all the neces-sary documents by visitingthe nearest CSC centre.

He was addressing theelderly people who hadcome to the meeting to urge the MP that theybe given the benefit of old age pension.

Bhatia said that with the introduction ofthe online process, now the old people do nothave to make rounds of the government of-fices located at the district headquarters, butcan avail the benefits of the scheme by gettingtheir applications online at the CSC centers

near the village and nearby areas.MP Sanjay Bhatia said that for the pur-

pose of ensuring social security by theHaryana Government, through the Ministry ofSocial, Justice and Empowerment, Old AgeHonour Allowance, Widow Pension, Divyang

Pension, Destitute Children,Ladli Social Security Al-lowance Scheme, an amountof Rs 44 crore 90 lakh 64thousand is distributed everymonth as pension to 1,84037pension beneficiaries. Bhatiasaid that the Haryana Govern-ment is providing pensionamount at the rate of Rs 2500per month under variousschemes through Social, Jus-tice and Empowerment De-partment. He said that underthe old age honour allowance

scheme, an amount of Rs 25 crore 83 lakh 45thousand is being given to 1,03,338 benefici-aries in the district as honour allowance.

Bhatia said that under Widow PensionScheme in the district, 51, 810 women bene-ficiaries were being distributed Rs 12,95,25000 as pension to each beneficiary at therate of Rs 2500 rupees per month.

Drug Peddler arrested

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKURUKSHETRA, JUNE 17

Haryana State Narcotics Control Bureau arrested one Vikram,allegedly involved in drug smuggling, who was sent to Ku-rukshetra jail.

Haryana State Narcotics Control Bureau has intensified itscampaign against drug peddlers. In this series, on 27th April,a criminal involved in Ganja smuggling who is a resident ofGandhi Nagar was arrested produced before the the Court. Aone-day police remand was approved by the court.

After interrogation as per the rules,Vikram was again pro-duced before the Court. The Court passed the orders to sendhim to jail.

On receiving the order, the team of Chief ConstableGurmel Singh, Chief Constable Rajesh Kumar and ConstableSurendra Kumar under the leadership of Sub-Inspector DrAshok Kumar got the criminal locked up in the district jail.

MAINPAL KASHYAPINDRI, JUNE 17

Sub-Divisional Magistrate Sumit Sihag saidthat water is precious for everyone.One can-not imagine a life without water. Water is ourlife. Life on earth is not possible without wa-ter and we are not the last generation who areliving on earth. We have to preserve the pre-cious heritage like water for our coming gen-erations.At the same time, if we want to keepthe nature pure and pollution free, then it isvery important to keep the earth green and todo so use water properly. And saving it is themost important demand of the time. If we takea pledge to save water and inspire other peo-ple to save water, then only we can save wa-ter and we will be able to get rid of the prob-lem of water for our future generations. That'swhy we must take an oath to save water.

Keeping in view the summer season, thesub-divisional magistrate has urged the peo-ple to understand the importance of water andmake good use of water. It has often been seenthat when water is not needed, people leavethe taps open and the water continues to flowin vain. He said that if we continue to misusewater like this, then in the coming times , wewill have to face the acute water crisis. Besure to turn off the tap when water is not need-ed. It is also the responsibility of all the vil-lagers in the villages that they should notleave the water taps and spouts installed on

the streets and squares etc. and use them asper the need and close them. If the water tapsand spouts are faulty then they should be fixedimmediately so that the water doesn't getwasted.

Shri Sumit Sihag said that while cleaningthe house in rural and urban areas, most of thewomen wash the floor by installing pipes,which leads to misuse of water. For cleaningthe floor, it is better to clean it with a cloth in-stead of using an open water pipe. Similarly,the water used for drinking is also wasted inthe drain, whereas by giving this water to theplants, it can be saved from being wasted. Heurged people for judicious use of water andnot to wash vehicles and use water pipes inopen parks etc. He said that water is life, thereis no tomorrow without water.If we want tosave water for future, then its conservation isvery important.

SDM urges people to save water

Complaint to GMADA againstunauthorised construction

Congress takes a dig at BJP’sopposition to emergency

Now, elderly can apply onlinefor old age pension: Bhatia

Focus on winning OlympicGold: Rani Rampal

GOLDY CHUGHSHAHABAD, JUNE 17

It is a matter of pride for Sha-habad as well as the entirecountry that three daughters ofShahabad, Rani Rampal,Navjot Kaur and NavneetKaur will be included in theIndian women's hockey teamin the Olympic Games to beheld in Tokyo, Japan from July24 to August 5. Rani Rampalwill captain the team going to the Olympics for the sec-ond time in a row. The Indian women's hockey team forthe Olympics has been announced and the team willconsist of three daughters from Shahabad. Captain RaniRampal said that at present the focus of the entire teamis on winning the gold medal in the Olympics and everyplayer of the team is sweating during practice to givegood results in this championship. Rani said that evenduring Covid, the team is practicing continuously bystaying within the rules and discipline. Rani said thatlast year the Olympic Games were postponed due toCovid and the team has taken full advantage of this oneyear and practiced hard. Navjot Kaur, who is going toplay in the Olympics for the second time in a row, saidthat the whole team is full of enthusiasm and this is thesign of the team's good performance.

Bharat Prem patron ofUnited Front

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, JUNE 17

The Delhi Municipal Corporation employees' organisationsformed the United Front under the leadership of Haryana'sfolk music singer Albert Rangeela and discussed their futureplans and all theunion leaders underthe leadership ofChetan DasChawaria also dis-cussed cooperationwith political par-ties in the next elec-tions. Various or-ganisations have also discussed the disadvantages of contractpractice and permanent employee recruitment policy for along time to protect the interests of the employees prevailingin the Municipal Corporation. South Delhi Municipal Corpo-ration United Front nominated Bharat Prem as its patron andwith his cooperation, considering the plan for the welfare ofthe employees, flagged off the process of formation of a jointfront in the North and Eastern corporations. All the union lead-ers fulfilled the long demands. A committee was also formedin which the team of Vinod Bidlan Rajesh Duggal, SonuTushamd, Rajesh Bahot, Gomti Devi, Dharamveer Pony,Manoj Chawaria Mannu, Chetan Das Chawaria and the fa-vorite singer of sanitation workers Albert Ragila Bhiwani andemployees union leaders of Delhi was present.

Face masks, soaps distributedat Kalesar village

SKBILASPUR, JUNE 17

In village Kalesar, face masks and dettol soaps were distrib-uted to the villagers to prevent corona infection. In the pro-gramme, Jitendra Kumar of CHC Pratap Nagar said that vac-cine is the biggest security cover of health.

He said that if any type of symptoms related to corona isseen in the body, then Corona test should be done immediate-ly. He said that people must wear a face mask while leavingthe house. He motivated people for sampling and vaccinationas vaccine is the most effective way to avoid corona infection.

Face masks, Dettol soaps were distributed to girls and vil-lagers to avoid corona pendemic at the sewing centre beingrun by Yamuna Auto Industry in village Kalesar. Vijay Mehta,Anil Bhardwaj, Chetna Sharma, Aniket Yadav etc. were pres-ent on the occasion.

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DSP technique can save water, money of farmers : DCSANGRUR (SUMER GARG): Deputy Commissioner(DC), Sangrur, Ramvir, IAS while in-specting the farm of a progressive farmer Ajitinder Singh Mansahian at village Gurdaspursa, where atrial for the direct sowing of paddy( DSP) with drum cider has been done said that the the trend of DSP

by the farmers has increased during the season of kharif in 2021. Farmer said thatwhile direct sowing paddy with drum cider under DSP technique the land was lev-eled with laser led leveler with a rotavator and it was noted that less water in the fieldwas used. The drum cider was brought by the farmer in collaboration with the de-partment from the state of Tamil Nadu and its cost is Rs.6000. which is a very lowcost machine as well as water saving and the cost of paddy sowing is reduced, more-over only one person can operate this machine. DC, appealed to the other farmersof the district to use drum cider as an exhibition drum in their respective fields &study the advantages and disadvantages of this technology, so that the better use of

CHARNJIT SINGH ARORAAMRITSAR, JUNE 17

The Shiromani Gurdwara Par-bandhak Committee today dis-tributed scholarships worthabout Rs. 22 lakh to 990 stu-dents of the religious examina-tion for the session 2019-20.Shiromani Committee PresidentBibi Jagir Kaur honored the stu-dents with scholarship checksand insignia during the scholar-ship distribution function held atGurdwara Sri Manji Sahib Di-wan Hall here. Speaking on theoccasion Bibi Jagir Kaur saidthat children and youth are thefuture of the nation and it is veryimportant for them to be awareof their religion. If they areaware of Sikh values and Sikhculture, they will undoubtedlybe the rising stars of the nation.She said that it was under thisscheme for a long time that reli-gious examinations were con-ducted by the SGPC, in whichthousands of students fromschools and colleges participat-ed every year. This time tooaround 50,000 students had ap-peared in the religious examina-

tion, out of which 990 studentsgot scholarships, while 17 stu-dents performed well and se-cured places in Merit. TheSGPC President said that it wasimperative for future genera-tions to be mature in being aSikh and the SGPC was con-necting students of schools andcolleges with Sikh doctrines andhistory through religious exam-inations. Bibi Jagir Kaur con-gratulated the students, who gotmerit and scholarships duringthe religious examination andencouraged them to be interest-ed in learning about Sikhism inthe future as well. On this occa-sion the teachers of the schools,who showed good performanceduring the religious examinationwere also honored. During thescholarship distribution ceremo-ny, the senior vice president ofthe Shiromani Committee SurjitSingh Bhitewad, Member of theInterim Committee. BaldevSingh Chungha, SatwinderSingh Tohra, Bhupinder SinghBhalwan, Ajmer Singh Khera,Member Harjap Singh Sultan-wind, Bawa Singh Gumanpura,Bibi Kiranjot Kaur etc.

SAD distributes Rs. 22 lakhscholarships to students appearing

for religious examinations

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, JUNE 17

The Election Commission of Indialed by Chief ElectionCommissioner Shri SushilChandra, Election CommissionerShri Rajiv Kumar and ElectionCommissioner Shri Anup ChandraPandey held a virtual conferencewith Chief Electoral Officers(CEOs) of all the States and UTs. Itwas held to ascertain theexperiences of poll gone states andto galvanize the poll bound states.In addition, the conference focusedon key thematic issues like smooth,efficient & friendly voter services,integration of IT applications,extensive voter outreach program,expenditure monitoring andcapacity building.

Talking about the recentlyconcluded assembly elections in

five states, the Chief ElectionCommissioner (CEC) said that byseamlessly conducting electionsamid the pandemic for such a largevoter base, India has presented asuccessful model for the world toemulate.

The CEC urged the poll boundstates including Punjab to learnfrom the experiences of stateswhere elections were held recently.In this context, ECI shall hold twoday conference with CEOs of fivestates where elections are due earlypart of next year. These statesinclude Punjab, Uttar Pradesh,Uttrakhand, Goa and Manipur.Before the two day conferencewith the poll bound states, the ECIshall also facilitate a virtualconference with five poll gonestates. The Chief ElectionCommissioner stressed upon theissue of pendency related to the

grievance redressal system andinstructed the CEOs to ensure thatall the complaints should beredressed within 30 days. CEOswere also instructed to takeappropriate steps for making voterexperience extremely friendly andensure IT integration andpopularization of mobile apps inthis regard.

The Chief ElectionCommissioner also insisted theCEOs to maintain the momentumeven in the non-election period.CEOs were asked to makeconcerted efforts in ensuring 100%error-free electoral roll and makeentire electoral process hassle-free.

Election Commissioner ShriRajiv Kumar underlined theStandard Operating Procedures(SOPs) and prescribed guidelinesin terms of movement and storageof EVMs. The key points such as

separate arrangement of storage forstate commissions andinvolvement of political parties inthe First level Checking (FLC)were stressed upon. Shri RajivKumar further elucidated thatphysical verification of EVMwarehouses shall begin from July1st by the Deputy Commissioners–cum – District Election Officers.

In his concluding remarks,Election Commissioner Shri AnupChandra Pandey said that duringthe non-election period, CEOsshould focus on consolidationincluding training & capacitybuilding, Systematic VotersEducation & ElectoralParticipation (SVEEP) andplugging the infrastructural gaps.Dr. S. Karuna Raju, IAS, CEOPunjab and Ms. Madhvi Kataria,IAS, Addnl. CEO attended themeeting.

CEO holds conference todiscuss poll related issues

Police party arresttwo youths with 32grams of heroinGAGAN BAWAGURDASPUR: The district policehas arrested two youths with hugequantity of heroin. ASI RakeshKumar of police station Ghummankalan was present near the bridgeBangwani during patrolling with thepolice party. During this, themotorcycle rider Mamdin resident ofRajbagh district Kathua wasstopped on the basis of suspicion.He was suspected of having anynarcotics. On this, InvestigatingOfficer SI Gurmukh Singh reachedthe spot along with the police partyand searched the plastic enveloperecovered from the accused, 28grams of heroin was recovered from it.

DC inspects floodprotection works worthRs 7.51 crore in district

PRITPAL SINGHJALANDHAR: In order to meet thechallenge of any flood like situationdue to coming rainy season, theDeputy Commissioner Jalandhar MrGhanshyam Thori today inspectedthe flood prone areas of Jalandharto oversee flood protection workworth Rs 7.51 crore. The DeputyCommissioner who visited the floodprone areas of Shahkot sun divisionsaid that administration was dutybound to ensure that the vulnerablepoints were strengthened to ensurethat there was no possibility offloods in the district. He said thatmassive strengthening work hasalready been embarked in thedistrict adding that no stone wouldbe left unturned for this noble cause.Mr. Thori categorically said that hewas personally monitoring the dayto day progress in the matter so thatthere was no callousness in thework. The Deputy Commissionersaid that there was no dearth offunds for this purpose and moreresources along with the fundswould be pumped in, if required , forprotection of life and property ofpeople from the floods.

Inspired by Sant Seechewal,"Drishti" foundationdonates 20 computers

MK SHARMASULTANPUR LODHI: Inspired byenvironmentalist Padma Shri SantBalbir Singh Seechewal, "DrishtiFoundation Canada" is providing freecomputers to government schools inPunjab. Significantly, herbal plants arealso being distributed to schools duringthe campaign. Gurwinder SinghBoparai, Sewadar of Sant Seechewaland Punjab incharge of the Foundationsaid that so far 20 computers havebeen donated to government schoolsin different parts of Punjab under thiscampaign. Boparai today donated fivenew computers to Government MiddleSchool Musapur, Sainimajra, JhandianKalan, Sarathali and Azampur andother. Apart from the present teachersSanjeev Kumar Mothapur, SurinderKumar, Pooja Chadha, AmardeepKaur, Bhawan Singh, Jyoti Kumari,Desh Raj, Farmer Leader DharmapalSingh, Avneet Chadha, Mangat RamBholi, Rupinder Kaur, SangeetaSharma Sarpanch Sunita Devi,Hussan Chand Saini, SarpanchSurinder Kaur, Puran Chand, NeeruBala thanked Drishti FoundationCanada and Sant Balbir SinghSeechewal.

Barnala youngsters giftedMunicipal resource learning center

BARNALA (KULDEEP SOOD): The Ram SaroopAnkhi Municipal Library, located at the office of mu-nicipal council Barnala, shall now be a hotspot forbibliophiles as well as youngsters seeking knowledgethrough digital mode. The municipal council Barnalahas modernized its library into Municipal ResourceLearning Centre at a cost of Rs 25 lakh. "The librarywill prove to be boon for the youngsters who will

have easy accessto internet facili-ty through thefour computersbeing installedhere. Besidesthis, the librarywill be house to10000 book,"

said senior Congress leader Mr. Kewal Singh Dhillonwhile inaugurating the revamped project today.Deputy Commissioner Mr. Tej Partap Singh Phoolkawas also present. Mr. Dhillon said that Malwa, espe-cially Barnala, is the land of best of Punjabi authors.The library at municipal council is named after one ofthe best writers Mr. Ram Saroop Ankhi, which hasnow been revamped and modernized. He honored thenoted author Mr Om Prakash Gaso and announcedthat a similar library will come up at the office of Im-provement Trust Barnala in the name of author Mr.Gaso. He said that to associate youngsters with thebook culture and literature, the Municipal ResourceLearning Center has technology enabled gadgets in-cluding computers, LED, projector, sound system, in-ternet and other digital equipments. This would en-able youngsters to prepare for competition exams.Deputy Commissioner Barnala Mr. Tej Pratap SinghPhoolka added that the Municipal Learning ResourceCenter will prove to be perfect platform for the younggeneration to interact and learn.

KULJIT SINGHJANDIALA GURU, JUNE 17

All the ongoing developmentworks under the Central As-sembly constituency wouldbe completed on priority ba-sis and no ward would be leftunattended.

These words were utteredby Mr. Om Prakash Soni,Minister for Medical Educa-tion and Research, Punjab af-ter inaugurating a Rs. 15 lakhTubewell at Katra Moti Ramat Hathi Gate under Ward No.49. Mr. Soni also inaugurat-ed the work of laying newtiles in the streets at KatraMoti Ram.

Soni said that peoplewould not be allowed to faceany problem of drinking wa-ter during the summer season.

He said that new tubewellswere being installed in everyward. On the occasion Mr.Soni directed the officials ofthe Municipal Corporation tocomplete all the developmentworks under their supervi-sion.

Instructing the concernedcontractor, Mr. Soni said thatno negligence would be toler-ated in the developmentworks and all the worksshould be completed withinthe stipulated time. Apartfrom Councilor Vikas Soni,Mr. Sunil Kumar County, Ad-vocate Rajinder Kanwar, Mr.Sanjay Khanna, Mr. SunilBilla, Mr. Bittu Baba, Mr.Ramesh Kumar Pappu andMr. Sunny Kumar, residentsof the area were also presenton the occasion.

Development work to be prioritiseson full-fledged basis :Soni

CHET RAM RATANNAWANSHAHR, JUNE 17

In view of the current situa-tion of COVID pandemic,the district administration incollaboration with Art ofLiving (Personal Develop-ment Centre) has decided torun an 'Immunity BoosterYoga Programme' in viewof the health challenges be-ing faced by all the depart-mental government offi-cials.

This programme dedi-cated to Employees Interna-tional Yoga Day in Nawan-shahr will be organized on-line from June 19 to 21, inwhich officers and employ-ees of all departments willlearn ways to increase im-munity through yoga,pranayama and meditationso that they can brave thechallenge of Covid..

Presiding over the meet-ing, Deputy CommissionerDr. Sheena Agrawal saidthat through this pro-gramme such techniqueswould be taught to themwhich would make themfeel stress free and alsoboost their immunity. He

said that departmental offi-cers, employees and teach-ers would be able to partici-pate in this programme.

Senior member of Art ofLiving, Punjab Suresh Goeland District CoordinatorManoj Kanda said that theprogramme is completelyfree of cost, so interestedparticipants can choose thetime as per their conven-ience and participate in theprogramme using GoogleForm. He said that the par-ticipants would have to at-tend all the sessions of the

programme to getthe expected ben-efits from theprogramme. Hesaid that in orderto participate inthe programmethey have to con-nect onlinethrough virtualplatform on thelink given by theinstructor. Hesaid that underthis course, five40-minute ses-sions would beconducted onlinefor three days.

He said that a team ofvolunteers including Ran-jana Bajaj, Mukesh Rani,Pushpa Vyas, Renu Kamra,Adarsh Bala, Manoj Jagpal,Hatinder Khanna, RajanArora, Raman Malhotra,Sanjeev have been formedfor the successful conductof this programme. PradeepBhasin, Pradeep Sharda,Raj Kumar, State TeacherCoordinator Vivek Vansaland District Teacher Coor-dinator Rahul Singh and topmember Mahinder SinghBains were present.

Three-day 'Immunity Booster Programme'dedicates to International Yoga Day

KULWINDER KARWALSARDULGARH, JUNE 17

Former Congress MLAAjitInder Singh Moffer laidfoundation stone of MarketCommittee office being setup at Anaj Mandi Sardul-garh by started excavationwork with his hands. JagtarSingh Faggu, SecretaryMarket Committee Sardul-garh said that Rs 24 Lakhcost would be for this officeand work would be com-pleted in three months. Hesaid that a meeting hall, achairman's office and an-other room would be set upin this office. Ajit Inder

Singh Moffer said that un-der the leadership of ChiefMinister Capt.AmarinderSingh Punjab is developingday by day.

He said that earlier morethan Rs 3 crore has beenspent for fencing all aroundgrain market. Apart fromthis a firm hold is beingmade with the cotton mar-ket at a cost of Rs 1 crore.

He said that there would beno shortage of develop-ment works in the city.Kulwant Singh Sangha,Chairman, Market Com-mittee, Surjit Singh Jhan-da Kalan, Vice Chairman,Rajesh Garg, Gora LalSoni, Bhoj Raj,Sukhwinder Singh Nanhra,Vijay Kumar Singla andArjun Singh were present.

Moffer lays foundation stone ofnew market committee office DALJEET AJNOHA

HOSHIARPUR, JUNE 17

Deputy Commissioner ApneetRiyait has called upon farmersto shun vicious wheat-paddycycle and come forward toadopt crop diversification,which is must in present con-text of agriculture sector.

Visiting village Chohaland Saleran at the Apple or-chards of progressive farmersGurinder Singh Bajwa andHarman Randhawa, DeputyCommissioner Apneet Riyaitsaid that the concerted effortsof Agriculture and Horticul-ture Departments were givinga fillip to crop diversificationin the district with motivatingfarmers towards the cultiva-

tion of maize, basmati, pulses,basmati etc. She said thatmaize cultivation was goingon across district in 52012hectares of land while 250hectares was under sesamewhereas 150 hectares undergroundnut and 73 acres underpulses cultivation. She saidthat efforts were afoot to en-hance the areas under variouscrops including maize, bas-

mati etc. Lauding initiativeof farmer Gurinder Singh forsetting up Apple orchard inthe region, Deputy Commis-sioner said that every possi-ble effort would be made toincrease the production ofapples in the Kandi areas.Gurinder Singh, a retired of-ficer of Horticulture Depart-

ment said that he started theApple production on 1.5 acresof land in 2011 and graduallyadded another2.50 acres ofland in Apple cultivation. Heapprised the Deputy Commis-sioner that more area is beingbrought under cultivation ofapple in time to come as hewas producing quality fruits oftwo varieties Anna andDorsetto.

DC calls upon farmers to adopt crop diversification

SUKH NAHAR JAGRAON, JUNE 17

Punjab retired municipalworkers union held an impor-tant meeting under the guid-ance of president JaspalMankhera Bathinda at Ja-graon which was participatedby members from differentregions.

In the meeting, it hasbeen decided that the unionwill function on Punjab levelnow and recruitments will bemade in August-september atPunjab level and further se-lections will be done. In themeeting, retired employeesappealed Punjab government

to fulfill demands of retiredmunicipal council workersand also extended support toministerial employees ofPunjab against the govern-ment. The meeting was par-ticipated by DharampalAadampur Jalandhar region,Janak Raj Mansa municipal

workers union president,Punjab general secretaryBhola Singh Bathida, regionLudhiana president JagseerSingh Jagraon, district Lud-hiana president Vijay KymarSaini, Naib Singh Handiaya,Davinder Singh Jagraon andothers.

Punjab retired municipal workers hold meeting ANIL VERMABATHINDA, JUNE 17

Guru Kashi University Tal-wandi Sabo's College of Agri-culture recognized by Re-search Council of India andPunjab Agricultural Educa-tion Council. A press confer-ence was organized by thevarsity which was presidedover by Dr. Neelam Grewal,Vice Chancellor Dr. JagtarSingh Dhiman, Vice Chancel-lor. Dr. Pushpinder SinghAulakh Vice Chancellor Dr.Gurjant Singh Sidhu Deenand Dr. Ashwani Sethi Direc-tor Planning and Develop-

ment Sharing important infor-mation, Dr. Grewal said thatthe College of Agriculture ofGuru Kashi University hasbeen awarded by the Re-search Council of India andPunjab Agricultural Educa-tion Council has approved torun B.Sc Agriculture Honorscourse whereas it has alreadybeen recognized by Research

Council of India. Guru Kan-shi University has become thefirst private university in Pun-jab to be recognized. He saidthat equality would benefitthe students and farmers ofthe area. He also said that theachievements at the nationallevel have added another dia-mond to the crown of the uni-versity.

Guru Kanshi University becomes firstprivate university: Dr. Neelam Grewal

HARNAMAN BHATIANANGAL, JUNE 17

BBMB All India EmployeesUnion, under theleader ship ofPresident HarpalRana congratu-lates AnujGuglani for hispromotion fromSDO to XEN.Guglani wasworked as ADEirrigation at boardoffice but after hispromotion board appointhim as XEN at Deputy Sec-retary Irrigation BBMBSectt. Chandigarh. President

Rana Said that Guglani is anhonest and hard workingemployee. On the occasionRamesh Kumar, Raju,

Baljinder Singh, Suresh Ku-mar, Gurdeep Singh andsome other members ofunion were present.

Anuj Guglani promoted as Executive Engineer,BBMB employees congratulate

Congress believes individing society on basis ofcaste and religion: Cheema

LUDHIANA, JUNE 17

The Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) Punjab staged amassive protest in Ludhi-ana against the Congressparty for declaring some as-sembly seats in the holyland of Punjab as sacredand unconsecrated, thus in-citing hatred towards theDalit community and burnteffigies of Chief MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singhand Lok Sabha memberRavneet Singh Bittu. Ar-rived at the protest, seniorleader of AAP and Leaderof Opposition (LoP) in thePunjab Assembly, HarpalSingh Cheema.

Jakhar urges party cadre to mark Rahul's birthday through social workCHANDIGARH: Punjab Pradesh CongressCommittee President Sunil Jakhar has asked partycadre to celebrate former Congress President RahulGandhi's birthday on June 19 by undertaking socialwork initiatives across the state. In a statement

issued here, Jakhar said that in view of unbearablepain and difficulties endured by citizens during thesecond COVID wave, Rahul Gandhi this year hasdecided to not celebrate his birthday. Rahul Gandhihas also appealed to partymen to avoid any

ostentatious activity like cake-cutting, sloganeeringand putting up banners or posters to instead utilisethe resources to provide help and succour to thosein need and those who have lost their source oflivelihoods to the Covid onslaught.

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Yoga, exercise necessary to avoid corona: MasihPANKAJ KATNAUNA: A virtual meeting was organized by Nehru Yuva Kendra Una today to hold 7thInternational Yoga Day, which was presided over by Samson Masih, Director, Nehru YuvaKendra. Youth Clubs, Mahila Mandals, social workers and officers of NSS participated in thevirtual meeting. Masih said that the fear of corona infection is breaking people's spirits, peopleare very apprehensive about it. He said that in these circumstances Yoga Pranayama, Asanas,Exercises and Ayurvedic treatment is a true medium. He said that the Nehru Yuva KendraYouth Clubs would motivate people for yoga. Deputy Director Dr Lal Singh said that Yoga is aninvaluable gift of India's ancient tradition. It symbolizes the unity of mind and body. There isharmony between man and nature. The idea is to provide sobriety and fulfillment, as well as aholistic approach to health and well-being. He called upon everyone to do yoga by staying intheir homes on International Yoga Day. On this occasion, Public Education and InformationOfficer Sharda Saraswati from the Health Department gave information on International YogaDay as well as the outline of the International Day of Drug Abuse on June 26.

HIMACHAL/JKMan gets ten years'RI for raping minorHAMIRPUR: A Himachal Pradeshcourt sentenced a man, Nadeem ofSaharanpur, to 10 years' RigorousImprisonment (RI) for raping a minorgirl and also slapped fine of fifteenthousand rupees on him. SessionJudge, Rakesh Kainthla, pronouncedthe judgment under the POCSO Actand 506 of the Indian Penal act. Asper the prosecution, a complaint wasregistered in May 2020 with the localWoman police station againstNadeem, and accordingly, the casestarted. In all, twenty-five witnessesappeared in the court, and finally, thelearned judge announced thejudgment last evening.

Artists urgeshopkeepers for `nomask, no service’

PANKAJ KATNAUNA: The artists of RK Kala Manch,affiliated to the Department ofInformation and Public Relations,taught the lesson of no service to theshopkeepers in Ripoh Misran andChak Sarai market today. Through theplay, the artists appealed to all theshopkeepers to follow no service topeople without masks. The toldthrough the play that the shopkeepersthemselves should put on masksproperly and do not allow anycustomer to come inside without amask. He also appealed to theshopkeepers to ensure compliance ofthe guidelines issued by the HealthDepartment. The risk of spreadingcorona infection is high by going tocrowded places and this increases therisk of getting infected with Covid-19for the whole family and peoplearound. Only leave the house when itis absolutely necessary. While goingout, maintain proper distance, usemask and clean hands from time totime with soap or sanitizer. You canregister by visiting the Kovin portal orAarogya Setu App. He said that thebeneficiaries in the age group of 18 to44 years, who are to be vaccinated,would be able to get vaccinated at thevaccination site only after booking theslot on the beneficiary portal at 12.00noon, a day before. If you want anyinformation about Covid-19 or if youhave any problem, then you can alsoget the solution of your problem onthe helpline number 1077.

Meeting over constructionof 4 lanes held

ANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH: A meeting wasorganized at the sub-divisionalheadquarters Nalagarh regarding theconstruction work of four lane roadfrom Baddi to Nalagarh. In thismeeting held under the chairmanshipof SDM Nalagarh Mahendra PalGurjar, a detailed discussion was heldregarding the transfer of lines andpoles of electricity department in theland acquired for the construction offour lane road from Baddi to Nalagarh.On this occasion, SDM Nalagarhdirected the officials of the ElectricityBoard to prepare an assessmentreport within the stipulated time framefor the transfer of power lines comingin this four-lane road constructionarea. Apart from this, make sure todeliver the necessary materials relatedto the power lines to be shifted to thenew places as soon as possible sothat the work of this important projectcan continue without any delay in thenear future. He said that the officialsshould ensure that there is no illegalencroachment on the acquired land.Site Engineer Dinesh Punia ofNational Highway Authority of India,Senior Executive Engineer ofHimachal Pradesh State ElectricityBoard Limited Nalagarh DarshanSingh, Tehsildar Baddi Mukesh Kumarand other officers were also present inthe meeting.

Rs. 1050 cr being spent on SocialSecurity Pension in state : CM

AGENCYSHIMLA, JUNE 17

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakursaid here today that the StateGovernment was committed forwelfare and empowerment ofwomen and has launched severalschemes to ensure their socioeconomic upliftment. He said thatthe State Government hasenhanced the post birth grantbeing provided to two children ofthe families living below povertyline from Rs. 12000 to Rs. 21,000in shape of fixed deposit at thetime of birth by rationalizing andunifying both post birth grantscheme as well as scholarshipschemes. Jai Ram Thakur saidthat the State Government hasalso launched 'Shagun' Schemefor providing financial assistanceof Rs. 31000 to the girlsbelonging to all the BPL familiesat the time of their marriages. Hesaid that the State Governmentwas also providing social securitypension to all the eligiblevulnerable sections of the society.

He said that presently 5.77 lakhpeople were being providedsocial security pension byspending an amount of Rs. 875crore. He said that as many as

40,000 additional beneficiarieswould be covered under thesocial security pension scheme.Chief Minister said that the StateGovernment was providing social

security pension of Rs. 1500 permonth to eligible senior citizensabove the age of 70 years. He saidthat from this year theGovernment has decided toexpand social security net foreligible elderly women in the agegroup of 65 to 69 yearsirrespective of income criteriaunder the Swaran Jayanti NariSambal Yojna. He said that socialsecurity pension of Rs. 1000 permonth would be provided toabout 60,000 eligible women. Hesaid that a total 6.60 lakh peoplewere being covered underdifferent social security pensionschemes on which Rs. 1050 crorewere being spent annually. JaiRam Thakur said that 'GrihiniSuvidha Yojna' has proved a boonto the home makers by freeingthem from disease and pollution.He said that under this scheme asmany as 2.92 lakh families havebeen provided free gasconnections. He said that neweligible families were beingprovided gas connections underthis scheme.

Webinar on ‘Significance of Ayurveda andYogic Pranayama’ held at Shoolini University

ABHIJOT PUNJSOLAN, JUNE 17

As part of the webinar series“Yoga for health andhappiness”, the school ofYoga at Shoolini Universityorganised a webinar in whichthe keynote speaker was Dr.Rajendra Sharma, DistrictAyurvedic officer- Solan,Department of AYUSH,Himachal Pradesh.Thesession started with Mantrachanting by ResearchAssociate Ms. DivyaMatlani. The welcome notewas presented by theChancellor of ShooliniUniversity Prof. P.K Khosla,who also addressed theaudience and shared hisvision.Dr. Rajendra Sharma

delivered his lecture on“Significance of Ayurvedaand Yogic Pranayama on ourbody systems”. He explainedthe concepts of Tri-doshasand Saptadhatu. Alsoemphasised on the fourpillars of Ayurveda whichleads to healthy and happylife i,e Aahara, Vihara,Achara, Vichara. Dr.Rajendra Sharma concludedhis talk with the statement -“A healthy individual havingright faith, attitude,knowledge and hard-workcan achieve success inlife”.In another lecture Dr.Vivek Maheshwari,Associate Professor Dept ofAshtang Yoga, LakulishYoga University Ahmedabad,Gujaraexplained that Yoga

Nidra is best for mind, andalso discussed that kids arealso facing stress, anxietyand tension now a days andthey can make life better withthe help of Yoga. Afterwards,Dr. Satya Prakash Pathak,Assistant Professor,Department of Yogic Studies,Himachal PradeshUniversity.delivered hislecture on the topic“Significance of Abhyasaand Vairagya for Happiness”.He also described theAbhyasa and vairagya sutraof Sage Patanjali. Dr. ArpitKumar Dubey, AssistantProfessor(Sanskrit), MorarjiDesai National Institute ofYoga, Ministry of AYUSH,delivered his lecture on“Yogavashishtha: A Practical

Pathway for a blissful Life”.Dr. Arpit also discussed theteachings of sage vashisthaand emphasised on thepsychological aspects i.e,world is the creation of mind,projection of mind and Pranagives stimulation to mind. Inconclusion he explained sixchapters of Yogavashishthawith their managementprinciples of mind - Regularpractice and detachment,breathing practices andknowledge. The webinarconcluded with the vote ofthanks and closing remark bythe HOS, School of Yoga andNaturopathy AssociateProfessor Dr. SubodhSaurabh Singh. The webinarwas coordinated by AssistantProfessor, Dr. Mala Tripathi.

Mandal BJP seeks UnaSadar MLA to resign

JYOTI SYALUNA, JUNE 17

Una Bharatiya Janata PartyMandal President HarpalSingh Gill, Mandal GeneralSecretary Ashok Dhimanand Rahul Sharma said in ajoint statement against thecelebration party of theMLA that a memorandumwas given to the DC inwhich action was demanded againstMLA Satpal Raizada. It was alleged thatUna Sadar MLA Shasatpal Raizada,along with 8-10 friends attended acelebratory party at Hotel RaizadaResort Lalsingi and openly flouted theorders issued under the DisasterManagement Act-2005. In this regard,pictures of the party were also attachedwith the memorandum. BJP Una

Mandal President HarpalSingh Gill said that whilecommon people are strickenby the corona epidemic,MLA Satpal Raizada isbusy in parties with hisfriends. He is not concernedwith the problems of thepeople and is limited onlyto his own enjoyment. Gillsaid that after theimplementation of Corona

curfew in the state, there was a completeban on eating in any hotel, restaurantand dhaba in district Una. Only homedelivery and take-away facilities havebeen provided from hotels, restaurantsand dhabas. In such a situation, the partyof MLA Satpal Raijata action iscompletely illegal and disobeying theorders of District Administration Unaissued under Corona Curfew.

PANKAJ KATNAUNA, JUNE 17

A five-member team of NationalGreen Tribunal led by Justice JasbirSingh, retired Judge of Punjab-Haryana High Court todayinvestigated illegal mining in Basalarea as well as other places. Theteam inspected mining in the SwanRiver in Lower Basal as well as acrusher in Upper Basal. During this,officers of various departmentsincluding Deputy CommissionerUna Raghav Sharma, SP Arjit SenThakur, ADC Dr. Amit KumarSharma, Mining Officer Neerajkantwere with him. After takinginformation about the mining inSwan river, the chairman of thepanel Justice Jasbir Singh directedthe mining department to submit areport on illegal mining in Basalarea within 10 days. Justice JasbirSingh said that a detailed reportshould also be sent after conductinga survey of illegal mining in theentire district without license. The

NGT panel will also make somerecommendations to check illegalmining. Geo-fencing of the landleased for mining, installation ofGPS equipment on vehicles usedfor transportation of sand andgravel and setting up of a controlroom will also be considered. Thecontrol room will take immediateaction on complaints related toillegal mining. The NGT panel alsosaid that the lease period should bereduced from 5 years to 2 years andafter the period of two years, it mayalso recommend not to lease that

area for the next one year. Apartfrom this, if the current term of thelease remains only 5 years, then thatarea will not be given on lease forthe next 2 years. For mining in thelease area as per rules, it may alsobe recommended to make a puccamark on the surface of the Swanriver, so that it can be ascertainedhow much sand came into theravine and how much was removed.After this, after inspecting a crusherin Upper Basal, NGT panelchairman Justice Jasbir Singh saidthat there should be a record of thelaborers working on each crusher. Itshould be recorded in the registerthat how many laborers work, howmuch wages were paid to them. Atthe same time, crusher ownersshould also ensure to work toprevent air pollution, so that there isno damage to cultivable land in theneighborhood and farmers do notface inconvenience. The panel willsubmit its detailed report to theNGT along with recommendationsfor further action.

Panel probes illegal mining, reportto be submitted to NGT

JOGINDER DEV ARYABANGANA, JUNE 17

A Covid-19 camp was organized under theleadership of Covid-19 Task Force on Thursdayat Senior Secondary School, Bangana, GramPanchayat Muchhali of Sub-Division Banganain which every family member of the entire

Panchayat participated. About 301 people gottheir Covid-19 test done. All the reports of allturned out to be negative. On this occasion, theHealth Department's team, local head task forcechairman Vijay Sharma, deputy head AjaySharma, ward member Mahendra and mostAsha worker and Anganwadi worker contributedthe most in playing an important role.

Covid camp organized

BJP and Cong will have to fight itout in up coming bye-elections

AGENCYHAMIRPUR, JUN 17

Although the dates for the bye-elections for two Vidhan Sabhaseats and one Lok sabha seat ofthe state are yet to beannounced, hectic politicalactivities have started in theBJP and the Congress party forthe bye elections.

All these seats of MandiLok sabha, Fatehpur and Jubbaland Kotkhai Vidhan sabha seatshad fallen vacant due to the saddemise of the sitting membersthere. While Mandi and Jubbeland Kotkhai seats were inpossession of the BJP, theFatehpur seat was with theCongress party. The state unit ofthe BJP has already started itscampaign for the selection ofcandidates for all the three seatsand meetings of the seniorleaders of the state unit of theparty have been on going inShimla these days. The presenceof the former Chief Minister,Prem Kumar Dhumal and hisson, Anurag Thakur, who is theUnion Minister of State forFinance and Corporate Affairshas given the impression that theparty leadership is taking the upcoming by elections veryseriously. The father-son duo

has been given muchprominence in these meetings.Sources in the party say that theDhumal’s are being givenprominence role in the bye-elections as no election is due inHamirpur from where they hailfrom. However, another seniorleader of the party and formerUnion Minister-cum-former HPChief Minister, Shanta Kumarwas not present in the meetingdue to health reasons and hasbeen advised by the MedicalOfficers not to venture out ofPalampur. The party has set upmany committees for unitingthe party and to win all the threeseats with a massive majority. Itis once again meeting on June30th to finalize the names of thecandidates for all the threeseats. The party is going tomake the issue of neat and cleangovernments both at the centerand in the state, effectivecontrol of the COVID-19 andjoint face of the party on allfronts.

Govt Teachers Asso appreciates formula for 10th class resultKISHORI LALBAINSAMB, JUNE 17

The virtual meeting of the StateExecutive of HimachalGovernment TeachersAssociation was organizedthrough Zoom App. In themeeting, State President NareshMahajan said that it was the rightdecision of the government tocancel the 10th and 12thexaminations due to the diresituation of Corona. In thisepisode, the formula has beendecided by the government andthe Board of School Educationfor the result of class X and in thenear future the formula for +2will also be decided. He said thatthe Himachal GovernmentTeachers Association had acontinuous meeting with theChief Minister, EducationMinister, President of the SchoolEducation Board and Secretary

of the School Board regardingthis matter. Every aspect of thestudents has been kept in mindfor the evaluation of 100 marksin the formula announced by thegovernment. In which 10% of themarks obtained in the ninth classfor the result in non-practicalexaminations, 15% marks in thefirst term examination, 15%marks in the second termexamination, 40% of the preboard examination and 5% of theHindi examination. teacher withmarks. The result will beprepared by adjusting the 15%marks of the internal assessmentgiven by the Whereas in practicalexamination 10% of the totalmarks of ninth class, 5% of firstterm examination, 5% of secondterm examination, 35% of preboard examinations, 5% marksof annual Hindi examination and25% of practical 15% marks ofinternal assessment will be

added to the marks.The state head saidthat the formula hasbeen prepared in abetter way by theboard for the resultrelated work. StateGeneral Secretary ofH i m a c h a lG o v e r n m e n tTeachers Association,Narottam Verma,State FinanceSecretary Paras Ram,Women's Wing President NishaMishra, Senior Vice PresidentSuresh Naryal, Rakesh Kumarand Pradeep Kumar ChiefPatron Ajay Kumar PatronSukhdev Singh, Vice PresidentSatish Pundir, Joginder SinghChandel Chairman GrievancesCommittee Mansa Ram,Organization Secretary DineshSurya Chief Press SecretaryMunish Sood Publicity

Secretary ParveenKumar Bilaspur'sPresident YashveerRanaut, Chamba'sSanjay Thakur,Hamirpur's SanjeevThakur, Kangra'sNaresh Kumar,Mandi's AshwaniGuleria, Shimla'sSuresh Kanwar,Sirmaur's HardevThakur, Kashmiri LalThakur of Solan and

Ravinder Guleria of Una.Collectively, the StateGovernment, EducationSecretary Rajiv Sharma,Director Higher DoctorAmarjeet Sharma and Chairmanof School Education BoardSuresh Soni and Secretary ofEducation Board Akshay Soodto decide such a formula iscommendable in the interest ofthe students. Because this

formula could be decided by anacademician only. Union StatePresident Naresh Mahajan saidthat Himachal Pradesh EducationMinister, respected GovindSingh Thakur is doing a better jobin this pandemic to improve theeducation department. He got theeducation department at a timewhen all the schools, colleges andall educational institutions in thestate are closed. In such asituation, the Education Ministercreated a new hope by contactingevery teacher of the state who isfighting against Corona. NareshMahajan said that there isenthusiasm among the teachersdue to the education ministermaintaining communication withthe children, parents and teachersof the state. For this, theHimachal Government Teachers'Association expresses itsgratitude to the State EducationMinister.

People avail benefits of vaccination camps : SDMSANGRUR (SUMER GARG): SDM Sangrur, Yashpal Sharma during a special meeting withthe representatives of various organizations said, "to vaccinate maximum people, Under Mis-

sion Fateh vaccination camps at 29 places in sub division,Sangrur on June 18 are being organized by the teams ofhealth department. He said that vaccination was essentialto completely control the Covid 19 epidemic. SDM ap-pealed to all the residents of the area to actively take partin these vaccination camps and get themselves and theirfamilies vaccinated. During the camps the Covid 19 pre-cautionary norms should be followed by the people,SDM, added.

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2021

CHANDIGARH, JUNE 17

The Punjab Government has madeall-out efforts to provide the besthealthcare facilities to the populace.Under these initiatives, several newhealth institutes are being set up inthe state. In order to attract SuperSpecialist Doctors for employmentin these institutes, the Medical Ed-ucation and Research Minister Mr.Om Prakash Soni today directed theauthorities to prepare and submit aproposal to salaries enhancement ofSuper Specialist Doctors so thatthese Doctors will be attracted towork for the state.

Soni was conducting a monthlyevaluation of the construction of thenew health institutions being set upin the state by the Medical Educa-tion Department here today. Duringthe meeting,Principal SecretaryMedical Education and ResearchMr. D.K. Tiwari, Vice-ChancellorBaba Farid University of HealthSciences Dr. Raj Bahadur, Dr Suja-ta Sharma, Director, Principal ofGovernment Medical College Am-ritsar Mrs. Sujata Sharma and otherofficials of Punjab Health SystemCorporation were also present.However reviewing the progress ofconstruction work of State Institute

for Cancer Research, Amritsar andPatiala, Mr. Soni directed the au-thorities that these works be com-pleted on war footing so that theycould be dedicated to the people assoon as possible. During the meet-ing Principal Secretary Mr. D K Ti-

wari informed that the recruitmentprocess for the State Institute forCancer has been started underwhich advertisements have been is-sued for filling up the posts of 39Assistant Professors, 38 AssociateProfessors and 28 Professors. The

process will be completed in thenext two months.

Mr. Tiwari assured the Ministerfor Medical Education and Re-search that this project costing Rs.120 crore would be completed byOctober 31, 2021.

Soni instructs to prepare proposal for salaryenhancement of super-specialist doctors SHASHI PAL JAIN

MOHALI, JUNE 17

In order to curb the furtherspread of Covid-19 pandemic,the vaccination drive is goingon with full steam in all thehealth blocks of the district.Civil Surgeon Dr. AdarshpalKaur said that so far a total of4,74,708 people have beenvaccinated in the district.Among these, 49,011 peoplehave been vaccinated with Co-vaxine and 4,25,697 with Co-vishield. Many of them are yetto be given second dose. Shereiterated that there is no short-age of vaccine in the districtand all the beneficiaries shouldnot shy away from getting vac-cinated.

She also said that it is veryimportant to take precautionseven after vaccination. Manypeople feel that there is noneed to wear a mask after vac-cination but this notion is com-pletely wrong. The Civil Sur-geon added that although theCovid restrictions have beensubstantially lifted, precau-tions like wearing masks,keeping distance from eachother and frequent hand wash-ing need to be taken as before.She appealed to the people toget out of the house only whenthere is an urgent need. Dr.

Adarshpal informed that atpresent 18 to 44 year agegroup people, registered indus-trial workers, constructionworkers, family members ofhealth care workers and per-sons suffering from serious ill-nesses are being vaccinatedwith the vaccine received fromPunjab government. With vac-cine received from the Gov-ernment of India, people over45 years, health care workersand front line workers are be-ing covered. She said that fromJune 21, the vaccination wouldbe administered to all personsabove the age of 18. She saidthat the health department hasbeen doing its best to curb thefurther spread of the diseasebut without the cooperationand support of the people, it isvery difficult to completelyeradicate the disease. Peopleshould strictly follow govern-ment guidelines.

4.5 lakh people vaccinatedagainst Covid-19 pandemic in

Mohali: Dr. Adarshpal Kaur

Baby kits given atbirth of newborn girls

HEMANT SHARMARAMPURA PHUL: The Departmentof Health, under a new initiative bythe Punjab, today Civil Hospitalvillage bhairupa presented to themother of the girls a copy of thebaby kits of the Himalayan companyand a congratulatory messageissued by the Chief Minister ofPunjab for the health care of thenewly born girls On this occasion,Sukhpal Singh, a pharmacy officer,said that he was a family memberwhose house had daughters. Today,daughters-in-law are making aname for themselves in every field,including education, sports,agriculture, employment, business,etc Baljit Kaur ANM and RajveerKaur Staff Nurse said that girls up tofive years old are treated free ofcharge at government healthcenters and women are treated freeof charge from pregnancy tochildbirth. Including the Punjabgovernment and the healthdepartment Schemes being run byother departments for thebetterment of daughters havesought to equalize the gender ratioof the state by changing the thinkingof those who consider daughters asburdens Health worker GurmitSingh said that the baby kit sent bythe Punjab government fornewborns contains seven itemsincluding baby sampu, oil formassage, pack of wipes, babysawn, baby lotion, baby powder andbaby diaper rash cream LungBahadur rank four employees andAsha worker were also present atthe time".

Batala issue: Womencommission summons son,daughters of elderly womenCHANDIGARH: Taking suo motonotice of the case of ousting of anelderly woman from home in BatalaDistrict , the Punjab State WomenCommission has summoned sonsand daughters of the victim onJune 21, 2021 for a personalhearing. Chairperson of PunjabState Women Commission Mrs.Manisha Gulati said that the matterhad come to her notice throughmedia reports. In her orders, shealso directed the SeniorSuperintendent of Police Batala todirect concerned DeputySuperintendent of police to ensurepresence his presence along withSon and daughters of oustedmother present on hearing.

Nation thatremembers martyrsnever dies: RandhawaVERMAGURDASPUR: Nations thatremember the martyrs never dieand remembering the martyrs is thetrue tribute to them. This revelationwas made by S. Sukhjinder SinghRandhawa, son of the CabinetMinister. Udhayvir Singh Randhawaon the occasion of the firstanniversary of the martyrdom ofNaib Subedar Shaheed SatnamSingh, who was martyred in a clashwith the Chinese army in the GalvanValley of Ladakh on June 16, 2020,at a tribute function held at hisnative village Bhojraj. SukhjinderSingh Randhawa on behalf of theCabinet Minister Punjab paidtributes to Shaheed Naib SubedarSatnam Singh. "We are safe onlybecause of the martyrs, whosesacrifices can never be forgotten,"said Udhayvir Singh Randhawa. Hesaid that Punjab could not repay thesacrifice made by Shaheed SatnamSingh and was in the grief of thefamily of the warrior who sacrificedhis life for the country. The Punjabgovernment has given an ex gratiagrant of Rs. 50 lakh to the family ofthe martyr and the son of the martyrSatnam Singh, who is studying forBA, will be given a government jobafter completing his studies. Thevillage government school is namedafter Shaheed Naib SubedarSatnam Singh. A memorial gate hasbeen constructed at a cost of Rs. 10lakh in the memory of ShaheedSatnam Singh and the foundationstone of a sports stadium has beenlaid in the name of Shaheed NaikSubedar at a cost of Rs. 21 lakh.Paying tributes to Shaheed NaibSubedar Satnam Singh on behalf ofDeputy Commissioner MohammadIshfaq, SDM Dinanagar ShivrajSingh Bal said that the districtadministration is with the family inevery hour of grief and payshomage to the martyrdom ofShaheed Satnam Singh.

SHASHI PAL JAINKHARAR, JUNE 17

After almost 4 months, theShiromani Akali Dal has fi-nally taken over the KhararMunicipal Council todayand the party's candidateMrs. Jaspreet Kaur Longianhas been elected as the newPresident of the Kharar Mu-nicipal Council. In today'selection, she defeated Con-gress party supporter NamitaJolly by 14 votes to 13.

It may be recalled that theKharar Municipal Councilelection was held on Febru-ary 14 and the results cameon February 17. After thisthere was a fierce battle be-tween the Shiromani AkaliDal and the Congress partyto elect a new president. Outof the total 27 candidates, 10were from Congress party, 8from Shiromani Akali Dal,one from AAP and 8 inde-pendents. The ShiromaniAkali Dal has been claimingfrom the beginning that it hasa majority. For one reason or

another, the election waspostponed two times earlierand the matter taken up in thePunjab and Haryana HighCourt by the ShiromaniAkali Dal supporter group.Today, under very strict se-curity arrangements led byRupinder Kaur Sohi, KhararDSP the election was com-pleted. Kharar SDM Himan-shu Jain (IAS) conducted theelection.

Kharar MLA KanwarSandhu was also present inthe meeting but he remainedneutral and did not vote foranyone. SDM Jain told re-porters that the election washeld in a very peaceful andorderly manner. Similarly,Gurdeep Kaur, a supporter ofShiromani Akali Dal, won

the post of Senior Vice Pres-ident with 15 votes. JasveerSingh Rana of the samegroup won the post of VicePresident with 14 votes. Fol-lowing this victory, manymembers also chanted slo-gans of Shiromani Akali DalZindabad.

Talking to reporters, thenew president said that shewould rise above party poli-tics and work for the devel-opment of the entire city andno one would be discriminat-ed against. Ranjit Singh Gill,Kharar Constituency In-Charge of Shiromani AkaliDal said that due to the pres-sure of the present govern-ment the residents of the cityhad to live without the Presi-dent for 4 months.

SAD captures Kharar Municipal CouncilKULDEEP SOOD/GULSHAN KUMAR BARNALA, JUNE 17

During the Covid-19 epidem-ic, the health department istaking necessary steps for thehealth care of all sectionsfrom time to time.

Sharing informationabout these health services,Dr. Jasbir Singh Aulakh, Civ-il Surgeon, Barnala said thatspecial initiatives have beentaken by the health depart-ment to take care of the preg-nant women during this epi-demic.

Civil Surgeon Barnala in-formed that The Health De-partment has set up a specialward for Corona PositivePregnant Women at Commu-nity Health Center Dhanola.Civil Surgeon Barnala saidthat the health department hasset up a special ward for com-munity positive pregnantwomen at Community HealthCenter Dhanola. The deliveryis performed at the special

ward by the specialist If apregnant woman tests posi-tive for corona.

Recently, a corona-posi-tive pregnant woman has giv-en birth at Dhanola with thehelp of specialist doctors, un-der the supervision of Dr. Sat-want Aujla, SMO Dhanola incharge. The Civil Surgeon ap-pealed to the people of thedistrict to avail maximumbenefits of the health facili-ties provided by the govern-ment.

Spl ward for corona positive pregnantwomen at govt hospital Dhanola: CS

Satya Pal Jain takes up cityissues with Administrator

RAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH JUNE 17

Satya Pal Jain, Ex BJP MP,Additional Solicitor Generalof India and the Chairman, So-cial Welfare Commit-tee of the ChandigarhAdministration, lastevening met V.P. SinghBadnore, Administra-tor UT Chandigarhand raised certain is-sues before him relat-ing to Chandigarh andurged the Hon’ble Adminis-trator to take early decision onthem.

Jain brought to the noticeof the Administrator that the is-sue of increase of Old Age,Widow and Disability Pen-sions in Chandigarh is pendingfor quite a long time with theGovernment of India. Heurged the Administrator tokindly get it enhanced fromRs. 1000/- per month to atleastRs. 2000/- per month, like theStates of Punjab and Haryana

have done. Jain also urged theAdministrator to take an earlydecision on the issue of regu-larising the need base changesin the houses of the allottees ofthe Chandigarh Housing

Board on Delhipattern. He saidthat it is good thatthe Administra-tion has calledrepresentatives ofvarious organisa-tions of the allot-tees to discuss the

issue on 18 June 2021 andurged the Administrator to takea decision thereafter acceptingthe regularising on Delhi pat-tern. Jain also assured the Ad-ministrator that the Social Wel-fare Committee of the Chandi-garh Administration, led byhim, will give him all possiblehelp in the implementation ofthe scheme for rehabilitation ofthe children who lost their par-ents because of Covid, oncethe scheme is notified by theAdministration.

SUKH NAHAR JAGRAON, JUNE 17

In order to solve traffic relat-ed issues, municipal councilpresident jatinderpal SinghRana and DSP Anil Bhanotheld a meeting with shop-keepers.

In the meeting, shopkeep-ers suggested to constructparking area near markets inorder to avoid crowding ofvehicles. Some shopkeeperscomplained against shop-keepers who display theirproducts outside their shopsencroaching road area thatalso leads to traffic. After lis-tening to the views of shop-keepers, Bhanot and Rana as-sured that the problem of traf-fic will be sorted out soon.DSP Bhanot further said that

complete traffic law and orderwill be implemented in orderto deal with traffic situationof the city. He also instructedshopkeepers to make parkingarrangements for vehicleswhich are parked wronglyoutside their shops as it cre-ates inconvenience for every-body else. He also warned

shopkeepers not to displaytheir products and goods out-side their shops. In the meet-ing, old grain market has beenselected as the parking areaand shopkeepers have beenallotted time till 20 june tomake arrangements and as allthe illegal encroachments willbe removed after that.

DSP, MC President Rana conductmeeting with shopkeepers

Cong leaders join SADBATHINDA (ANIL VERMA): The Congress partysuffered a setback today when many workers left theparty and joined the Shiromani Akali Dal. FormerMLA Sarup Chand Singla, President Trade WingPunjab said that what Shiromani Akali Dal President

Sukhbir SinghBadal said he didit and with hisgood thinking putthe state on thepath of develop-ment while Cap-tain Punjab on the

bad policies of the government. Due to anti-peoplepolicies of the Finance Minister, today workers areleaving the party and joining the Akali Dal. Punjabdeveloped only under the Akali Dal government. Theformer MLA held meetings in different wards of thecity today in which the people gave their full supportand announced to join the Shiromani Akali Dal.Jagsir Singh Adarsh Nagar, Congress Leader KakaNarwana, Congress Leader Bhola Singh Bhatti andTota Ram Panjgrain joined Shiromani Akali Dal.They were inducted into the party by the formerMLA with the party flag around his neck and assuredfull respect.

BIPAN SETHIAHMEDGARH, JUNE 17

Although the corona epi-demic has subsided a bit,Councilor Sanjay Sood, withthe approval of SDMBikramjit Singh Pan-the, organized a freecorona vaccinationcamp for the citydwellers. CouncilorSanjeev Kumar SanjaySood, son of formercity council president UshaRani Sood, told people dur-ing the camp that we shouldstill not take Corona lightly.

The time ahead can bedangerous for children. So atthis time we all need to takespecial care of our children.During the camp, his teamasked the vaccinators to sit at

a distance from each other,wear masks and sanitizetheir hands, and assisted theteam of doctors. Dr. MamtaGoyal, ANM Sarvajit Kaurand Clerk Harinder Singh

vaccinated a large number ofpeople. Councilor SanjaySood and his wife, a formercouncilor, thanked the teamof vaccinating doctors andthe vaccinators. Rohan Sood,Lalit Kumar, Vikas Sharma,Rajesh Sharma, Bhim Soodetc. were present on the occasion.

Councillor conducts freecorona vaccination camp

HEMANT SHARMARAMPURAPHUL, JUNE 17

Balkar Sidhu a singerfrom Rampura Phul, hasstepped up activities inconnection with the As-sembly elections. BalkarSidhu identified himselfwith a letter at a localMaryland hotel, saying hebelonged to the commonman party.The leaders aredoing their duty to meetthe people of the con-stituency and the commonman in the constituency isinforming the peopleabout the views and poli-cies of the party. He saidthat the people are tired ofthe leaders of the AkaliDal and the Congress par-

ty and want change. Ourgoal is to defeat both pres-ent and former ministers.He said that the presentsituation of Punjab wasvery bad and only a thirdalternative could savePunjab. Sidhu said that hewas a member of the Pun-jabis whose son of afarmer. He said that theAssembly elections wereheld uder Chief MinisterPunjab Capt. AmarinderSingh, who had sniffed at

Shri Gatka Sahib and for-got about the harassmentand now the Bargari scan-dal.

I did not take any dras-tic action, my consciencehumbled me and I came tosay goodbye to the Con-gress party. He said thatthe responsibility of thecommon man party wasimposed on the people andthe candidacy of the con-stituency Rampura Phulby the party.

Only third alternative can savePunjab: Balkar Sidhu

HARPREET LADDI SIDHU GURUSAR SADHAR, JUNE 17

Senior Youth CongressLeader and Incharge of HalqaRaikot Kamil Boparai dis-tributed new Smart RationCards to 350 beneficiaries ata function at village Ratowalof Sadhar Block.

Praising Bibi ParamjitKaur and former SarpanchJagdeep Singh Bittu, he saidthat under their supervision,the grant for the developmentworks of the village was be-ing utilized in a timely andproper manner. Another grantof Rs. 10 lakh for the devel-opment of the village will besoon provided by MP Dr.Amar Singh. On this occa-sion, Kamil Boparai visited

the people and talked abouttheir problems and tookblessings of the elders. Healso said that to solve thepension problems of any eld-erly and other needy persons,a team has been formed andthis team will solve theirproblem.

On this occasion,Sarpanch Paramjit Kaur, for-

mer Sarpanch Jagdeep SinghBittu, Surinder Kaur, Kul-want Kaur, Manjit Kaur,Daljit Kaur, Rupinder Singh,Balvir Singh (all Panch),Baljit Singh Halwara, HarnekSingh Chairman Block Sami-ti, Dr. Rachpal Singh, Bal-winder Singh, Manin DarSingh Babbu, Manjit SinghTugal, Baljinder Singh

Barach, Sarpanch RavinderSingh Abuwal, SarpanchSukhwinder Singh NavinAbadi Akalgarh, Daljit SinghPradhan, Karnail Singh, Gur-charan Singh Mallih, Dr. Nis-han Singh, Jaspal Singh De-pot Holder, Daljit SinghPradhan Depot Holder Unionand other villagers and digni-taries were present.

Kamil Boparai distributes smart rationcards to beneficiaries at village Ratowal

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2021

BJP govt betraying farmers: Harpreet CheemaBABAIN (RAVI KUMAR): Youth Congress District President Harpreet Cheema said that theanti-farmer face of the Modi government at the Center has been exposed in the MSP deter-mination. In this once again the farmers have been betrayed. He raised the question that theinflation rate of Kharif crops is 6.2 percent, while the MSP hike of Kharif crops is 3.7 percent.In such a situation, the question is how the farmer will meet his cost. Harpreet Cheema wastalking to reporters in Babain. He said that if the government is not even giving Kharif costprice to the farmers, then when will it give 50 percent profit along with the cost. He allegedthat the Modi government is deliberately reducing the crop procurement at MSP. He said thatthe BJP government has announced to give Rs 1940 MSP on paddy to the farmers, whereasin reality according to Swaminathan report, the MSP should be Rs 2800 and it is worth notingthat the BJP-alliance government is saying that by 2022 it will double the income of the farm-ers, but the diesel that the farmer uses for farming has increased by Rs 25 per liter in the lastone year, but the anti-farmer BJP government, which boasts of increasing the MSP, has in-creased the price of the crop by only Rs 7-10 per kg.

7CT Public School studentdevelops ‘Vehicle VentilationRegulation device’

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: A student of CT PublicSchool, Parth Verma, who is studying ingrade 8, has filed a patent afterdeveloping a ‘Vehicle VentilationRegulation Device’ in collaboration withRobotics and Automation Departmentof CT University.This all started when,the youngest researcher from Punjab,Parth found the issue of Smoke cominginside the car from the fire in the fieldwhen the car ventilation was on and hehad to manually turn off the ventilation.Then, he met Dr. Harmeet Singh,Deputy Director IPR cell, CT University.He discussed this issue with him anddecided to resolve this problem. So,they came with an idea to automate thisthing and tried making a system forexisting cars.Sharing the proud momentand congratulating the team, ManbirSingh, Managing Director said, “We areglad that we started tapping youngminds for research and because of thatwe found a gem at such a young age. Ialso urge every student to come up,even with a small idea as together wecan do wonders.”

Darshana of PCM SDCollege tops in GNDUB.Voc IT Sem V

JALANDHAR: The result of B.Voc WebDesigning and Development (IT)Semester V of PCM S.D. College forWomen, Jalandhar turned out to beexceptionally outstanding. Darshanabagged first position in the University byscoring 329 (82.25%) out of 400 marksand made the institution proud. ThePrincipal of the college Dr. Kiran Aroraapplauded the meritorious student onher success and wished for her brightfuture. She also averred that thecollege provides a highly conduciveacademic atmosphere andinfrastructure for the students to excelin their studies.

M.A. (Music Vocal) Sem-III students of HMV getUniversity Positions

JALANDHAR: The students of MA(Music Vocal) Semester-III of HansRaj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya gotuniversity positions. Simranjeet Kaurwon 1st position with 381 marks.Priya won 3rd position with 367 marksand Manpreet got 10th position with351 marks. Shama got 11th positionwith 346 marks. Principal Prof. Dr.Ajay Sareen congratulated Head ofDepartment Dr. Prem Sagar, studentsand other staff members of theDepartment.

Mayor Panna LalBhatia inspects theongoing drains work

RAJINDER SINGHPATHANKOT: Mayor of PathankotMunicipal Corporation, Panna LalBhatia who is trying day and night forthe redressal of the city's beauty,sanitation problems and prosperity ofthe residents and the work ofcleaning the drains on their behalfbefore the rains is going on on a warfooting today. He reached GhartholiMohalla and inspected the work ofcleaning the drains being done therealong with the team of the MunicipalCorporation. He said that it is hisbest that the drains should becleaned before the rains so that theproblem of water logging can bereduced. There is a wave ofhappiness among the residents of theward due to the work . He said thatunder the leadership of MLA Amit Vij,no shortfall would be left in thedevelopment of the city. On thisoccasion, SDO Paramjot Singh, Ward50 Corporator Charanjit Happy, Ward3 Corporator Surinder Billa, HinduSikh Ekta Club President NirmalSingh Pappu, Meher Singh, Kapil andother dignitaries accompanied him.

Centre to provide over 56 lakhCovid-19 vaccine doses to states

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 17

The central government willprovide more than 56 lakhvaccine doses to States andUnion Territories in the nextthree days, informed the HealthMinistry on Thursday.

"More than 56,70,350vaccine doses are in the pipelineand will be received by the statesand UTs within the next 3 days,"the Ministry of Health andFamily Welfare (MoHFW) said.

According to MoHFW, asmany as 2,18,28,483 COVID-19vaccine doses are still availablewith the states and UTs to beadministered.

"More than 27.28 crores(27,28,31,900) vaccine doseshave been provided to states andUTs so far, through Governmentof India (free of cost channel)and through direct stateprocurement category," theministry said in an officialstatement.

"Of this, the totalconsumption, including wastagesis 25,10,03,417 doses (as perdata available at 8 am today)," itsaid. "More than 2.18 crore(2,18,28,483) COVID vaccinedoses are still available with the

States and UTs to beadministered," it added.

The Union Health Ministryfurther informed that26,55,19,251 vaccine doses havebeen administered so far underthe nationwide vaccination drive.

India started the world'slargest vaccination drive onJanuary 16 this year in a phasedmanner with healthcare workers(HCWs) getting inoculated first.The vaccination of frontlineworkers (FLWs) started onFebruary 2. The next phase ofCovid-19 vaccinationcommenced from March 1 forthose over 60 years of age andfor people aged 45 and abovewith specified co-morbidconditions. India launchedvaccination for all people agedmore than 45 from April 1. Phase

3 of the vaccination drive wasstarted on May 1 for the

beneficiaries belonging to theage group 18-44.

26 new cases push tallyof Andamans to 7,306

PORT BLAIR: The COVID-19 caseload in Andaman andNicobar Islands rose to 7,306as 26 more people testedpositive for the disease in theUnion Territory, a healthdepartment official said onThursday. All the newpatients were detected duringcontact tracing, he said. Onemore fatality due to theinfection in the last 24 hourspushed the death toll to 127,the official said. At least 30more people were cured ofthe disease during the period,taking the total number ofrecoveries in the archipelagoto 7,079. The Union Territorynow has 100 active cases.South Andaman is the worst-affected district as it currentlyhas 97 active cases. In viewof detection of severalCOVID-19 cases in LittleAndaman, several areas are

brought under containmentzones, the official said. "Onlyessential activities will beallowed in the containmentzones. Strict monitoringexercise will be in place toensure that there is nomovement of people in or outof these zones except formedical emergencies andsupplying of essential items,"he said. The localadministration has been strictto contain the spread of thedisease and has adopted anapproach of tracking, testingand treating, the official said,adding that people arrivinghere from the mainland aremandatorily required toundergo COVID test.

Altogether, 1,34,722people have been inoculatedwith 17,491 of them havingreceived both doses of thevaccine.

Young leader Davinder Mannjoins Shiromani Akali Dal (United)

HARPREET SINGH GILLRAIKOT, JUNE 17

Patron of Shiromani Akali Dal(United) Ranjit Singh Brahmpuraand National President of theparty Sukhdev Singh Dhindsaand Jathedar Ranjit SinghTalwandi inducted the youngleader of Shiromani Akali Dal (B)Davinder Singh Mann Raikotinto the party. On this occasion,the leaders said that ShiromaniAkali Dal (United) youth wereincluded in the party and theywere given the responsibilities ofthe party, so that the youth could

be mobilized against the politicalopposition parties in theforthcoming assembly elections.Davinder Singh Mann has beenincluded on the inspiration ofJathedar Ranjit Singh Talwandi.Jagdish Singh Garcha, SeniorVice President, Karnail SinghPeer Mohammad, RavinderSingh Brahmpura, Jagtar SinghTalwandi, Rajdeep Singh Andlu,Binderjit Singh Gill Raikot,Harshdeep Singh Gill, MandeepSingh Babbu, Manjit Singh,Surinder Singh, BabandeepSharma etc. were also present onthe occasion.

Bagindi village residents thanks MLA SandhuSHASHI PAL JAINKHARAR, JUNE 17

The people of the area ofBagindi situated in the hills ofKharar constituency hadapproached MLA KanwarSandhu for the constructionof a bridge over the rainyriver in Bagindi village andadjoining areas and the issueof construction of the bridgewas taken up by MLAKanwar Sandhu with theconcerned Minister. TheMinister has fulfilled theimportant demand of Khararconstituency by constructingthat bridge in a limited time.

Yesterday MLA KanwarSandhu visited the village.The Sarpanch of the villagePal Singh and the villagershad invited the MLA tosurvey the three newlyconstructed bridges between

Kasauli and MLA KanwarSandhu had reached thevillage Bagindi and thevillagers thanked the MLAfor making a big demand ofthe area. The MLA discussedwith the officials of theconcerned department someremaining issues related to

the bridges. He alsoinstructed to construct"crates" on the adjacent roadfor safety of bridges. TheSarpanch and Panchs of thevillages were present on thespot and they demanded theconstruction of three newbridges and for this hilly area.

Complaint sent to PM over spoiled wheatSHASHI PAL JAINKHARAR, JUNE 17

The poor condition ofgovernment institutionscan been seen from thefact that the wheat thatPunsap had procured forthe central pool in April2021 and kept at thenearby village ofDaunmajra has not beenlifted and the water hasstagnated due toyesterday's rains and dueto which the wheat isspoiling

Arun Kumar, abusinessman from here,has sent an email to thePrime Minister and FCIofficials in this regard.Along with his complaint,he has also sentphotographs of standing

water around the wheatkept at village Daunmajra.

He has written that thestock of wheat wasprocured in April 2021 bygovernment agencies forthe central pool. Thewheat procured byPUNSUP was stored at

village Daunmajra. He haswritten that very highquality wheat is nowdeteriorating due to non-lifting. He had earlierwritten to all the officialsin this regard but so far theFCI has not lifted all thewheat from here. Now due

to rains, water hasstagnated around thiswheat and if this wheat isnot lifted from hereimmediately, wheat worthcrores of rupees would bespoiled . He has writtento the Prime Minister thatit was "surprising" that theinstructions given to theFCI by his office earlierwere not heeded by theFCI officials. He said thateven the procurementagencies of Punjab hadrepeatedly asked the FCIofficials to speed up thelifting of this wheatimmediately but no actionwas being taken againstthem. He has demandedthat the wheat lying on theground under the open skyshould be removedimmediately.

AMIT KALIAZIRAKPUR, JUNE 17

Corona vaccination campshave been being set up inevery ward in Zirakpur cityfor a long time in view ofthe Corona epidemic. In theleadership of constituencyincharge deepinder singhdhillon and udhayvirdhillon Corona vaccinationCamp was carried out inward no. 30 councilornavtej navi's office, inwhich more than 200 peoplewere vaccinated andZirakpur Municipal CouncilPresident Udhayvir Dhillonsaid that our effort is to savethe people of Zirakpur from

this epidemic and to spreadthis vaccine to every person.Is being done by risingabove politics. He said thatthe corona vaccine wasbeing distributed to thepeople for the welfare of the

people and under thiscampaign against corona thecorona vaccine would reachevery person in Zirakpur.All team of ward no. 30councilor navtej navi waspresent on the occasion.

More than 200 peoplevaccinated in ward no. 30

Kapurthala police arrestsman for stealing bikes

ASHOKKAURAKAPURTHALA, JUNE 17

The Kapurthala police have arrested a man involvedin stealing a two-wheeler from Sultanpur LodhiGurdwara Ber Sahib and recovered the stolenmotorcycle from his possession. The accused hasbeen identified as Gurwinder Singh, resident ofvillage Talwandi Choudhrian, Kapurthala. In a pressrelease, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)Kapurthala Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh said that theSHOs have been directed to keep a close watch onthe activities of anti-social elements and everycomplaint including bike, scooter, mobile or otherthefts must be solved promptly to ensure justice to thecommon man and eliminate street/petty crime fromthe society. SSP said that in this case, a team led bySultanpur Lodhi SHO conducted a detailed probe inthe theft of Hero Honda Splendor motorcycle number(PB08-BG-7156) on the complaint of Hira Singhresident of village Akbarpur. The complainant hadstated that his motorcycle was stolen from GurdwaraBer Sahib Complex on June 12 when he had gone toGurdwara Sahib to pay obeisance.

District Trade Board Pathankotexpands body

RAJINDER SINGHPATHANKOT, JUNE 17

A special program was organized on behalf of District TradeBoard, Pathankot under the supervision of President InderjitGupta and Chairman Vivek Maria, following the rules ofcovid-19. During the program, Rajesh Mahajan Babba,President of the District Wholesale Chemist Association,General Secretary Vikas Vig, social worker Ravi Gupta aswell as senior members of the District Trade Board and aftertheir victory in the corporator elections, on behalf of theDistrict Trade Board, from Ward No.1Jatin Walia, CorporatorRaj Kumar Kaka from Ward No. 5, Corporator RL Soni fromWard No. 8, Vibhuti Sharma, Chairman, Improvement Trust,Ganesh Mahajan from Ward No. 14, Ravi Bhagat from WardNo. 23, Ganesh Kumar Vicky from Ward No. 36, WardNo.Ramesh Sharma Meshi from No. 40.

18 new cases of Corona positive foundin Pathankot, one death reported

RAJINDER SINGHPATHANKOT, JUNE 17

According to the information given by the Health Department,today 18 people have been found corona positive in Pathankot.Confirming this, SMO Pathankot doctor Rakesh Sarpal said thattoday 28 people have been discharged and sent to their homes. Hesaid that due to the death of another person, the death toll due tocoronavirus in Pathankot district has reached 406 till date. Atpresent 224 people are getting their treatment in various isolationcentres in Pathankot and till date a total of 18367 people havebeen found corona infected in Pathankot. Out of which 17737people have returned to their homes due to recovery from carona.He has appealed to the people of Pathankot to follow theguidelines given by the administration and visit the covid-19vaccination camps being set up at various places by the Punjabgovernment to make the people of Pathankot corona free.

Meeting of ShiromaniAkali Dal and BSP held

R. SINGHPATHANKOT, JUNE 17

Akali Dal and meeting was held under thechairmanship of Roshan Lal Bhagat on the formationof Shiromani Akali Dal Badal and BSP alliance. Inthis, the workers celebrated by distributing thesweets. Roshan Lal Bhagat said that the Akali Daland BSP alliance will play an important role in theupcoming elections and Akali Dal government willbe formed in the state. BSP and Akali workershonored by presenting Siropa. On this occasion,Distt. President youth akali dal Jaspreet Singh Rana,Senior akali leader Ravinder Singh Jagga,Dharampal Bhagat, Coordinator Karnail Singh,Speaker Sujanpur Vidhan Sabha Bhupinder Singh,Davinder Pal Singh Manga, Daljit Singh Mahichak,Sanjeev Kumar, SCBC Federation ChairmanPremchand, Prem Manjotra etc. were present.

SARWANQADIAN, JUNE 17

Bharat Vikas Parishadhonoured lieutenantManpreet Singh, who raisedthe pride of Qadian, andtwins Raj Kanwar SinghBajwa and Roop KanwarKaur Bajwa to becomedoctors, under the leadershipof BVP President MukeshVerma, and his team.Threeyouths were honored byorganizing an impressivefelicitation ceremony. On thisoccasion the newly appointedLt. Manpreet SinghGhumman said that he haslearned only one lesson fromlife that "Never give up" andnever give up courage infuture. Never be afraid offailure in life and learn fromeach failure and keep movingforward, only then thedestination will be in your

lap.He told that despite beingrecruited as a soldier, henever let his efforts fall shortof his desire to become alieutenant, due to which hewas successful. On thisoccasion, Dr. Raj KanwarSingh Bajwa said that thestudents should be motivatedas far as possible, one shouldkeep distance fromelectronics gadgets and payattention towards physicalexercise because a healthymind resides in a healthybody. Dr. Roop KanwarKaur Bajwa motivated the

students to set a time tablefor studies and to keep thepicture of their target alwayshanging on the wall. Tomotivate the youth to moveforward. Head of theorganization Mukesh Verma,Finance Secretary PawanKumar, Patron KashmirSingh Rajput and Dr.Vikramjit Singh Bajwacongratulated Lt. ManpreetSingh, Dr. Raj Kanwar SinghBajwa and Roopkanwar KaurBajwa for their achievementand for doing similar hardwork in future.

Lt. Manpreet Singh, Raj Kanwar Bajwa,Roop Kaur Bajwa honoured by BVP

Shop burgled in TaraoriTARAORI (RAM LAL SHARMA): Last night, unknownthieves carried out a theft in a grocery shop in Ward No. 6.Rajkumar, who lives near Shani Mandir, told the police that whenhe woke up in the morning, the door of his shop was open andbottles of scents, cosmetic valuables, an electronic fork and aboutRs 15500 in cash were missing from the shop. The shopkeepersaid that the thief had jumped the wall of the house by openingthe door of the shop from inside and taking the goods. On thecomplaint of Raj Kumar, police registered a case againstunknown thieves and started the hunt.

8YOU WILL NOT BE PUNISHED FOR YOUR ANGER,

YOU WILL BE PUNISHED BY YOUR ANGER.

BUDDHA

WITHOUT HEALTH LIFE IS NOT LIFE; IT IS ONLYA STATE OF LANGOUR AND SUFFERING - AN IM-

AGE OF DEATH.

BUDDHA

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2021

Untimely LeaveNo more noisy, loud wordsfrom me---such is my mas-ter's will. Henceforth I dealin whispers. The speech ofmy heart will be carried on inmurmurings of a song. Menhasten to the King's market.All the buyers and sellers arethere. But I have my untime-ly leave in the middle of theday, in the thick of work. Letthen the flowers come out inmy garden, though it is nottheir time; and let the middaybees strike up their lazy hum.

(By: Rabindranath Tagore)

White House: Markets showinglittle worry about inflation

The White House be-lieves it has an ally inthe bond markets to

make the case that inflationisn't an economic threat.

Republican lawmakershave interpreted the jumpin consumer and producerprices as a sign that infla-tion is spiking at levels thatwill hurt growth, sayingthat President Joe Biden'sUSD1.9 trillion coron-avirus relief package over-cooked the economy.

But the financial mar-kets appear to be backingBiden's case that any priceincreases are the fleetingresult of the United Statesrestarting after the lock-downs caused by the coron-avirus pandemic. TheWhite House points tocharts that dig into two keymarket-based measures ofinflation and see no causefor alarm in the medium tolong term. The charts lookat the interest rate on thefive-year U.S. Treasurynote and a measure of ex-pected inflation known as5y5y, which looks forwardfive years to investors' five-year inflation expectations.

As of Monday, the5y5y was trading at 2.28percent, an indication that an-nual inflation will be closeto the Federal Reserve's2per cent target.

The charts suggest thatinflation expectations de-spite the recent bump inprices are within the realmof expectations over thepast 15 years. They alsoshow that market expecta-

tions of coming inflationhave essentially been flat inrecent months. While themarkets offer evidence thatthe recent bout of price in-creases could fade in a fewmonths, there are conflict-ing signals for economists.Demand for houses andother products has outpacedsupply, a sign that inflationcould be a problem.

But there is also thepossibility that the persist-ent demand could triggermore supplies to come ontothe market. The uncertaintyhas been magnified for vot-

ers as Republican lawmak-ers say that inflation willdevastate the economy andDemocrats counter that ris-ing prices are temporary.Harvard University profes-sor Jason Furman, whoserved as chief economistfor the Obama WhiteHouse, noted that there arearguments for and againstrising inflation.

The more I think aboutinflation the less sure I getof anything, Furman saidMonday on Twitter. Headded that there is a widerange of possible outcomes

and policy decisions shouldexplicitly recognize our un-certainty. Biden aides areoptimistic that the marketfigures, along with house-hold sentiment surveys, in-dicate that inflation willdrift down. But they're alsocautious in interpretingwhat's next because of theunprecedented nature ofshuttering an economy dueto COVID-19 and then re-opening it with a total ofroughly USD6 trillionworth of aid, a sum that in-cludes money approvedduring Donald Trump's

presidency.The Labor Department

said last week that con-sumer prices rose at an an-nual pace of 5per cent inMay, as prices for used ve-hicles, airfare and gasolinesurged. Producer priceswhat businesses pay forgoods and services are up6.6per cent from a year ago,the Labor Department saidTuesday. But market ana-lysts anticipate that theforces driving inflation willlessen. The underlyingcauses of inflation are sup-ply chain disruptions, labor

shortages and emergencystimulus which is boostingdemand, said Bill Adams,an economist with PNC Fi-nancial Services.

All of these drivers ofinflation will be less of anissue in the second half ofthe year. It's unclearwhether the financial mar-kets' relative calm reflectsconfidence that the Fed willraise interest rates shouldinflation stay elevated.

Fed officials will endtheir June meeting onWednesday, giving fore-casts of economic perform-ance and inflation and po-tential guidance aboutwhen they could lift theirbenchmark rate from near-zero. Senate Republicanleader Mitch McConnellhas put the blame squarelyon Biden for rising prices,arguing that government in-tervention has causedprices and wages to in-crease to a degree that willultimately imperil the econ-omy. It's a message with aclear eye to the 2022midterm elections, whenBiden's performance willbe at the forefront of voters'minds. The latest data rein-force what too many Amer-icans have been experienc-ing firsthand: The Bidenadministration's partisanspending bill has bluntedour nation's economic re-covery, McConnell said lastweek on the Senate floor.Higher prices at the gaspump and grocery store. Atougher time for small busi-nesses trying to staff up.

Literature & Health

High genetic running capacity promotes efficient metabolism with aging: Study

China's increasing military activities nearTaiwan raise 'risk of miscalculation'

Terming the recent incur-sion by Chinese war-plane into Taiwan air de-

fence identification zone(ADIZ) as 'destabilizing', Pen-tagon said Beijing's increasingmilitary activities in the vicin-ity of the island increase the"risk of miscalculation".

On Tuesday, Taiwan wit-nessed the largest daily incur-sion as over two dozen Chi-nese military planes flew intothe island's ADIZ on Tuesday,

A Pentagon spokesmantold The Japan Times that Chi-na's "increasing military activ-ities conducted in the vicinityof Taiwan are destabilizingand increase the risk of mis-calculation."

Twenty-eight Chinese mil-itary planes entered Taiwan'sADIZ on Tuesday. It was thelargest incursion since theself-ruled island began regu-larly reporting such actionslast year. Flights -- which in-cluded fighter jets, bombers,and anti-submarine and earlywarning aircraft -- surpassedthe previous peak of 25 planesreported on April 12. Beijingclaims full sovereignty over

Taiwan, a democracy of al-most 24 million people locatedoff the southeastern coast ofmainland China, even thoughthe two sides have been gov-erned separately for more thanseven decades.

The new incursion comesjust after Group of Seven Sev-en leaders issued a joint state-ment on Sunday slammingChina for a series of issues and

underscored the importance ofpeace and stability across theTaiwan Strait -- commentsChina condemned as "slan-der."

Taiwan has complained inrecent months of repeated mis-sions by China's air force nearthe island, concentrated in thesouthwestern part of its air de-fence zone near the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands.

Anew study investigated theeffects of genetic runningcapacity and aging on tissue

metabolism. The study revealedthat adipose tissue may have a keyrole in healthy aging.

The findings of the study werepublished in the journal 'Gero-science'.

High running capacity is asso-ciated with health and longevity.However, whether high geneticrunning capacity promotes moreefficient metabolism with aging isnot known.

This study conducted in col-laboration between the universitiesof Shanghai Jiao Tong University(China) and Jyvaskyla (Finland)investigated the effects of geneticrunning capacity and aging on tis-

sue metabolism. The study re-vealed that adipose tissue mayhave a key role in healthy aging.

Running capacity, expressedas aerobic capacity, refers to an in-dividual's capacity to utilize oxy-gen and is known to decrease withage, thereby affecting the wholebody's metabolism and health.

"We currently lack the infor-mation whether high genetic aero-bic capacity promotes healthiermetabolism in different tissues aswe age," explained Academy ofFinland postdoctoral researcherSira Karvinen from the Faculty ofSport and Health Sciences, Uni-versity of Jyvaskyla, Finland.

To study the question, animalmodels of high-capacity runners(HCR) and low-capacity runners

(LCR) were utilized. These rodentlines differ in their aerobic capaci-ty genetically. Samples of serum,muscle and adipose tissue wereharvested from young and aged an-imals to explore the tissue metabo-lites. "According to our results,high genetic running capacity wasassociated with more efficientamino acid metabolism in skeletalmuscle. Inefficient amino acid me-tabolism is linked to increased ad-iposity and risk of metabolic dis-eases," said Karvinen.

High genetic running capacityand aging interactively affectedlipid metabolism in muscle andadipose tissue, possibly contribut-ing to healthier metabolism withaging. The results suggest that adi-pose tissue may have a more sig-

nificant role in promoting healthyaging than previously thought. Ac-cording to the current literature,around 50 per cent of an individ-ual's aerobic capacity is genetical-ly inherited and the other 50 percent can be gained via physical ac-tivity.

"Regular exercise promoteshealth whether you have genetical-ly high or low aerobic capacity.Hence, it is highly recommendedto promote one's metabolism withexercise especially at older age,when aerobic capacity as well asother health parameters decline,"said the principal investigator, Pro-fessor Heikki Kainulainen fromthe Faculty of Sport and HealthSciences, University of Jyvaskyla,Finland.

EDITORIALHC upholds right to protest,dissent; offers a ray of hope

He order of the Delhi high court granting bail tothree research students incarcerated for their al-leged role in the Delhi riots of 2020 comes as a

ray of hope for those who have been anguished by thegovernment’s propensity to use legal means againstpolitical opponents and the judiciary’s proclivity toshut its eyes to executive excesses. The students, twofrom Jawaharlal Nehru University and one from JamiaMilia Islamia University, were charged under the Un-lawful Activities (Prevention) Act, (UAPA), 1967. Thecourt has made significant observations on two impor-tant points that needed judicial clarification. One, theline that demarcates legitimate protests and terroristactivities and two, the police’s unmindful applicationof laws such as UAPA on people and the lower judi-ciary’s failure to apply their judicial mind to it. On thefirst, the court was categorical in assailing the state forblurring the line between the constitutionally guaran-teed right to protest and terrorist activity in an attemptto suppress dissent. Such a mindset gaining tractionwould harm democracy, the court has observed. On thesecond, the court reminds the police that it was not thelegislative intent of the UAPA that offences of the usu-al and ordinary kind, however grave, egregious orheinous in their nature and extent, to be covered by thatlaw. Referring to the constitutional scheme of thingsand the separation of powers under the Union, Stateand Concurrent Lists, the court pointed out that suchlaws are enacted for the defence of India, trashing thepolice act of booking students for shouting slogans. Ithas also found that the chargesheet reveals nothing toprove that the students were engaged in “terrorist ac-tivities” the definition of which was, according to thecourt, “vague”. The court enjoined upon the courts toapply its mind when such laws are invoked on unsus-pecting people instead of giving its assent to what theexecutive prescribes. Governments may be uncom-fortable with citizens asking questions, but that’s theway democracy functions. It defies the basic principlesof the rule of law if the executive thinks that theprocess of law can be the punishment a citizen wouldface for defiance. There are far too many such people,including the 84-year-old priest Fr Stan Swamy, nowlanguishing in jail under the very same law. Entries inthe statute book cannot be allowed to be tools in thehands of a repressive government that has no com-punction towards invoking the most stringent of lawsagainst political opponents at the drop of a hat andmuzzle dissent.

POEMSAdults who skip morning meal likelyto miss out on nutrients

Adults who skip breakfast arelikely to miss out on key nutri-ents that are most abundant in

the foods that make up morningmeals, a study by Ohio State Univer-sity suggests. The study was pub-lished online in the journal- Proceed-ings of the Nutrition Soci-ety. An analysis of data onmore than 30,000 Americanadults showed that skippingbreakfast- and missing outon the calcium in milk, vi-tamin C in fruit, and the fi-bre, vitamins and mineralsfound in fortified cereals-likely left adults low onthose nutrients for the entireday.

"What we're seeing is that if youdon't eat the foods that are common-ly consumed at breakfast, you have atendency not to eat them the rest ofthe day. So those common breakfastnutrients become a nutritional gap,"said Christopher Taylor, professor ofmedical dietetics in the College ofMedicine at The Ohio State Universi-ty and senior author of the study. Ac-cording to the US Department ofAgriculture's latest dietary guidelines,calcium, potassium, fibre and vitaminD are considered "dietary compo-nents of public health concern" forthe general US population-- with ironadded for pregnant women -- because

shortages of those nutrients are asso-ciated with health problems. Most re-search related to breakfast has fo-cused on the effects of the missedmorning meal on children in school,which includes difficulty focusingand behavioural problems. "With

adults, it's more like, 'You know howimportant breakfast is.' But now wesee what the implications really are ifthey miss breakfast," Taylor said. Hecompleted the study with Ohio StateSchool of Health and RehabilitationSciences graduate students, StephanieFanelli and Christopher Walls.

The research, which was support-ed by a regional dairy association.The team used data from the Nation-al Health and Nutrition ExaminationSurvey (NHANES), which collectshealth information on a nationallyrepresentative sample of about 5,000people every year through interviews,laboratory tests and physical exams.

handigarh :Automatic cars are gaining popularity in India, especially in the mass-market segment. With Cgrowing congestion and cities expanding, rides are also

getting longer. The demand for automatic cars is further expected to grow as the Indian customer is looking for a comfortable driving experience with better mileage. Small cars with automatic transmission are now available at affordable prices and multiple gearbox options. This gives buyers a considerable range to choose from and is helping the automatic segment grow. In India, key automatic transmission technologies include traditional Automatic Transmission (AT), Automated-Manual Transmission (AMT), Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT), Dual-Clutch Transmission (DCT) and Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG). Appended is the list of top five automatic cars that are available within the budget of Rs 10 lakhs.Volkswagen Polo 1.0 TSI AT The flagship model from the stable of Volkswagen In India, Polo shifted to the three-cylinder 1.0 TSI engine and a 6-speed torque converter in 2020. Price range (Polo AT): Rs 9.59 lakh - Rs 10 lakh (ex-showroom). Maruti Suzuki Baleno / Toyota Glanza CVTMaruti’sBaleno and Toyota’s Glanza are feature-loaded, efficient, and reliable hatchback options that Indian customers can go for. Price range: Baleno -Rs. 7.91 Lakh to 9.30 Lakh / Glanza - Rs 8.54 Lakh to Rs. 9.30 Lakh (All Prices Ex-Showroom)Honda Amaze CVT The super fuel-efficient Honda Amaze offers umpteen space and comfort to its buyers and more so when you consider its CVT variants.

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SHORT TALKS HEALTH/BUSINESS

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2021

NEW DELHI: Leica is entering the crowded smartphone segment with the launch of its first handset - Leitz Phone 1. The phone's big selling point are the cameras given the expertise of the company, and the Leitz Phone 1 packs a 20-megapixel 1-inch sensor with 19mm equivalent focal length. The phone has a magnetic lens cap for the circular camera setup at the back for added protection. Up front, the Leica Leitz Phone 1 has a hole-punc display and the phone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC. The first Leica phone, called the Leitz Phone 1, has launched in Japan. It is priced at JPY 187,920 (roughly Rs. 1,25,800) and is listed on the SoftBank site. The phone is available in a single Leica Silver colour option. Leitz Phone 1 will be on sale in Japan sometime in July.

Leica Leitz Phone 1 With 1-Inch Camera Sensor Launched

urgaon: The Hearing aid specialist Aanvii Hearing Solutions Pvt Ltd today inaugurated four new exclusive Gsound centres in Delhi NCR, marking its foray into the

North region. With these four centres, Aanvii Hearing Solutions, one of the largest chain of hearing aid centres, will have 44 sound hubs across the country. The four new centres inaugurated today

are at Golf Course Road, Gurgaon and Gautam Buddha Nagar, Sector 20, Noida in NCR region and at Lajpat Nagar and Greater Kailash -2 in New Delhi respectively. An authorised Platinum partner with Sivantos India Pvt Ltd (erstwhile Siemens Hearing Instruments Pvt Ltd) and the brand Signia, Aanvii Hearing Solutions is one of the leading companies in the hearing aids segment that provides world-class hearing solutions at their state-of-the-art diagnosis facilities. Founded in 2014, Aanvii Hearing Solutions, specializes in diagnosing

hearing ability with Pure Tone Audiometry and Tympanometry, Signia Hearing aid Sales and Services. According to the statistics, over 5% of the world’s population or nearly 470 million people, including children, require rehabilitation to address their ‘disabling’ hearing loss.

Aanvii Hearing Solutions enters Delhi NCR, launches 4 New Exclusive Sound Centres

Punjabi Singer Kiran Kaur Don’s Actor's Cap In ‘Udaariyaan’

Delhivery Launches its Consumer-to-Consumer Express Parcel Shipping

Ivy launches ‘Plant a sapling on your birthday’ initiative

handigarh Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) today announced that it has deployed 53 COVID-19 Vaccination Centers across CAssam, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and

Chandigarh in collaboration with respective state governments and NGO partners. Additionally, HPE also announced that its 50 COVID-19 Test Labs and Outpatient Department (OPD) Centers have collectively facilitated over 500,000 patient visits across 14 states in India. Launched in May 2020, these facilities are designed to provide additional authorized COVID-19 testing facilities and isolation beds, thereby assisting

the Government of India and state governments in their efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.“As an organization whose purpose is to advance the way people live and work, HPE has responded with numerous initiatives to support local communities during this pandemic,” said Som Satsangi, MD – India, HPE. “The provision of the COVID-19 Vaccination Centers reaffirms our commitment to be a force for good in this unprecedented situation and we shall continue to put our technology and innovation to work to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Snapchat premieres new Creator Shows HANDIGARH: Snap today announced the launch of its first Clocal and original Indian Creator

Shows, produced by Qyuki and Weirdass Comedy featuring leading television actress Anushka Sen and the rib-tickling comedian Vir Das. The shows are powered by unique concepts and relatable characters made for Snapchat's mobile first audience that are sure to resonate with the Snapchat community in India. These shows, will air exclusively on Snapchat Discover, were first announced in October 2020 alongside a slate of other exclusive and Snap Original content. In “What’s On My Plate”, Snapchatters follow Anushka in the kitchen as she makes some of her favourite dishes, whilst taking on a series of cooking challenges set by her ‘Food Wheel’ Snapchat Lens. The weekly series premieres June 19 with new episodes coming out every Saturday and will feature special appearances from Anushka’s family and friends who sample and rate her food creations.

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aking cognizance of the current training institute. The resource person Mr. industry expectations from fresh Vishal Chaudhari, Head of Operations, Clini Tgraduates regarding technical and India explained the expectations of the

non-technical skills, the Department of industry from the freshers and how they can Botany, Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College prepare themselves to create a path of

success in this era of cut throat competition. He shed light on the skills that stand the job aspirants in good stead with special reference to the f ie lds of c l in ical research, pharmacovigilance and data management. This session helped the students to understand the skills that would help them in taking a step ahead in their career. Over 97 participants including faculty and students took part in this much appreciated webinar.

for Women organised a webinar on Principal Dr. Nisha Bhargava lauded this 'Importance of Profession Ready Training in highly contextual initiative of the Botany Clinical Research, Pharmacovigilance, Data Department. Adding that industrial readiness Management and other domains'. The of students is highly crucial for shaping their webinar was organised in association with careers, Dr. Bhargava said that MCM, Clini India, a certified clinical research through organisation of regular interactions.

handigarh: A versatile exponentially.”female Punjabi singer, Kiran's first love is singing and CKiran Kaur who shot to her primary profession will

fame with a 'singing' reality always be that of a show 'Awaaz Punjab Di professional singer.Season 3’ has bagged an Kiran added, "I have recorded important role in the television a big budget Haryanvi song drama series ‘Udaariyaan’ on which is releasing under the Colors channel. Kiran is banner of 'Dhakad Hangama'. playing a soft spoken lady who My song is expected to be always wishes the best for her released in the middle of July. family. The series is presently Top Haryanvi star cast of Uttar being aired on the channel. Kumar and Kavita Joshi will Singer turned actor, Kiran Kaur be featured in the song."who is playing the character of An interesting aspect about ‘Pammi Bua’ in the show, said, the song is that Kiran Kaur “I was on the cloud nine when I who is primarily a Punjabi was first told that I shall be days but had never thought singer has sung a Haryanvi playing the character of Fateh’s that I would be working as an number and done full justice Bua who is the lead in actor one day for such a big to the song. It is also Udaariyaan on the prestigious channel like Colors. I have noteworthy that "Dhakad Colors channel. It’s a blessing always been open to taking up Hungama's" previous song of Waheguru ji that He gave new challenges in my life and 'Razi Bolja' is going to touch me such a wonderful career , I feel if one is ready to 100 million views on YouTube opportunity. I have been experiment in life the chances with more than 6 lakh reels on singing from my childhood of success increase Instagram.

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Ecommerce presents big exports opportunity for businesses across Chandigarh, Punjab

and Haryana: Amazon Indiamazon’s flagship ecommerce exports program, Global Selling lowers the entry barrier for motivated Indian MSMEs to expand their business and Alaunch their brands globally from anywhere in India. With this program,

homegrown businesses get instant access to global markets from Day 1, benefiting from Amazon’s distribution capabilities and global footprint to scale rapidly, creating a sustainable exports business. E-commerce exports or Direct to Customer (D2C) exports enable businesses to sell directly to customers abroad. It helps businesses transcend boundaries and open a larger pool of customers, providing an easy to adopt and scale mechanism for MSMEs to grow their business outside India, without having any footprint locally in the foreign region and reducing dependence on intermediaries — bringing the ‘seller’ closer to the ‘customer’. Amazon remains focused on simplifying ecommerce exports for MSMEs across India and has enabled them to manage their exports business on Amazon in Hindi and Tamil in addition to English. This breaks the language barrier for lakhs of MSME across India to benefit from ecommerce exports. MSMEs from key manufacturing and exports clusters in Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana cannow grow existing export businesses and start new ventures through Amazon’s Global Selling Program. The region is home to thousands of manufacturers and exports businesses across categories like Apparel, Hosiery, Sports Goods amongst others and they can leverage the ecommerce exports opportunity by selling directly to customers across the world. Abhijit Kamra, Director- Global Trade at Amazon India said, “Our Exports program has played a key role in helping thousands of exporters from across India sustain and grow their business.

handigarh : Stay #HarPalFashionable with Amazon Fashion's Wardrobe Refresh Sale. The 9th edition of the Cmost awaited fashion sale on Amazon.in starts from 19th

June until 23rd June 2021, with Prime Early Access starting 12 midnight on 18th June 2021. As you log in for your Friday virtual office parties, make a statement with an elegant full sleeved, button down shirt. Add a hint of chic to your style with multi-layered jewellery. This jewellery piece can complement your look and give it a sophisticated twist. Kickstart your morning with a skincare routine. Take your pick from grooming and self-care kits that suit your skin type best and you will be sure to look sharp and smart for your office event. Play around with dainty prints for a fun party

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ew Delhi,: 144 years after the first cricket test match was played, history will be made again. The Nfirst ever World Test Championship launched by the

ICC will culminate in the final match to be played between India and New Zealand in Southampton, UK. The entire cricketing world will have its gaze fixed on this historic match which has been two years in the making. Cricket crazy India will of course be rooting for its team to lift the maiden World Cup. News18 India, the country’s leading Hindi news channel, has announced a special show – Virat Vishwa Vijeta to bring all the excitement of this eagerly awaited game to the viewers. Starting the 17th of June the channel will bring a special preview show wherein top cricketing experts and former India players Kiran More and RP Singh will extensively analyse the upcoming day’s play. Each day through the course of the match, the show will present a comprehensive breakdown of the game’s situation including key highlights and will have the experts opine on what they believe India’s strategy should be in order to win. Hosted by Network 18’s top anchor Anand Narasimhan and supported by the channel’s UK correspondent Sanjay Suri, the programming aims to keep viewers ahead of the game.

News18 India’s brings a special show “Virat Vishwa Vijeta”

MCM holds webinar on importance of profession ready training

ohali : Ivy Group of Healthcare has launched an initiative “Plant a sapling Mon your birthday " on Thursday. The

initiative was launched across all six hospitals of the group including Mohali, Amritsar, Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Khanna and Nawan Shehr.The initiative marked the birthdays of Dr. Kanwaldeep and Dr. Japnit Singh the

Medical director and Director of Group respectively. During the drive, the staff including paramedical, medical and administration planted saplings in all six hospitals. Dr Kawaldeep and Dr Japnit planted saplings at Mohali premises.

handigarh : Panasonic India - a leading diversified technology company recently Cintroduced its new range of Air

Conditioners (ACs) under the HU series enabled with nanoe™X technology to ensure a safer and healthier interior. Panasonic’s nanoe™X Air Conditioners known for their inhibitory effect on the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) have been tested at the Texcell Laboratory, France and, have contributed significantly to consumer durables business at Panasonic India since launch earlier this year. HU series - the five-star inverter ACs are available in 1-ton and 1.5-ton capacity. The (CS/CU-HU18XKYF) is priced at INR 66, 000 and is now available at across major retail outlets, online portals and Panasonic brand stores. Mr. Gaurav Sah, Business Head, Air Conditioners Group, Panasonic India said, “Sales for our nanoe™X ACs were a record high in the month of March 2021, with enquiries pouring in from PAN India.

Panasonic receives an encouraging demand for its new range of nanoeTM X Air Conditioners

DSP Jagdish Attri and Reader Paramjit Singh putting stars on promotion of

S.Jasveer Singh as SI.

HANDIGARH: Delhivery, India's leading supply chain services Cprovider, has launched its consumer-

to-consumer express parcel service, the company said. The new product enables individuals to ship parcels to friends and family across 19000+ PIN codes and 2500+ cities in India, from the convenience of their homes. Easily accessible on direct.delhivery.com, customers can simply book their parcel online instead of visiting and waiting at a store, which has so far been common practice. The doorstep pickup provides convenience with complete adherence to all safety and hygiene guidelines, alongside real-time parcel tracking. Speaking on the announcement, Rohan Shanbhag – Sr. Vice President Sales, said, “We are now offering a seamless parcel service for individuals, both within the city and across the country. Driving innovation in a sector that has been largely traditional so far, we aim to bring technology-enabled online booking convenience to your doorstep.

ell has launched a slew of screen resolution of the Dell Inspiron series refreshed Inspiron laptops in the can go up to QHD+ and there's a fingerprint DIndian market, expanding its reader that will verify identity quickly

portfolio. The range includes Dell Inspiron using Windows Hello. All the laptops come 14 2-in-1, Dell Inspiron 14, Dell Inspiron with a HD webcam and support 15 in Intel and AMD configurations, and ExpressCharge.

The new Dell Inspiron 14 2-in-1 comes in Intel and AMD options and the Intel configurations start at Rs. 57,990 in India whereas the AMD configurations start at Rs. 65,990. The 2-in-1 model will be available in India starting today. Dell Inspiron 14 price starts at Rs. 44,990 and it will be up for sale starting June 18.Coming to Dell Inspiron 15, it has also been made available in Intel and AMD options. The Intel configurations' price starts at Rs. 48,990 and will go on sale starting

Dell Inspiron 13. The new Dell laptops June 18, whereas the AMD configurations

come with slim bezels, spacious touchpad, are priced starting at Rs. 57,990 and will be

l a rger keycaps , and o ther such up for sale starting June 22.

enhancements to improve usability. The

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The best and worst sleep positions for health

Vi Introduces Fully Managed Voice Service for Enterprise Customers – First time in India

himla,: Vi Business, the enterprise arm of Vodafone Idea Ltd. (VIL), has Sintroduced Managed SIP service for

businesses for whom voice calls are a key business resource. Most Indian BPOs/KPOs, the BFSI and IT/ITES, telemarketers, VAS providers, conference service providers and similar sectors are currently relying on legacy TDM based PRI connections from multiple vendors and do not have a clear view on the efficacy of each service. With Vi’s Managed SIP (MSIP), these organizations will now have the assurance of security as well as a window to monitor, measure and optimise their voice infrastructure. These services also help user clients get a complete view of their fixed telephony network, with best-in-class SLAs, voice analytics, quality scores and features to improve service efficiency.For business verticals and functions where voice is a key business resource, fixed telephony is of utmost importance. Globally, fixed telephony has evolved from legacy TDM to SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). Requirements for more flexible networks that adapt to new age IP networks, unified communications and the extended Work from Home scenario have triggered the growth of SIP Trunk services in recent months.

International Human Rights Organization organised 4th Covid 19 Vaccination Camp: Vikrant Rana

irector Legal Punjab Advocate Vikrant Rana,of IHRO said that a Dspecial Covid 19 vaccination camp

has been arranged at Shri Advait Swaroop Ashram situate at Nijatam Nagar, Jalandhar

for with the support of district administration. Giving information in

this regard, Rana said that today in this special camp 200 people between the age group of 18 to 44 years were vaccinated.On this occasion SDM 2 Harpreet Singh Atwal reviewed the vaccination camp and praised IHRO for the arrangements as per the norms.He said full cooperation will be given to IHRO from the administration for the works in the interest of public.

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One arrested with 72bottles of illicit liquor

SUKH NAHARJAGRAON: Anti-Narcotic cell ASIResham Singh giving further detailsabout this said that police receivedinformation regarding Mahinder Singhson of Genda Singh resident of AgwarRarha Jagraon who used to importliquor from other states and sale it inJagraon area. Police took immediateactions on this and conducted raid ataccused Mahinder Singh's residenceand recovered 72 bottles of illicit liquorincluding 54 bottles of Chandigarhmarked liquor and 18 bottles first choicesale for Haryana. Police has filed FIRagainst Mahinder Singh under section61/114 of excise act and initiated furtherinvestigation.

Woman travel agentarrested for dupingNakodar village residentof Rs 8.31 lakhs ASHOK KAURANAKODAR: The Nakodar sadar policehave arrested a woman travel agent forduping a Nakodar village resident ofRs.8.31 lakhs on the pretext of sendinghim abroad. The station house officer(SHO) Aman Saini said that theaccused has been identified asRajwindar Kaur alias Raj a resident ofMallian Khurd khurd village. SHO saidthat Rajwindar Singh a resident ofKang Sahib Rai village hadcomplained to Jalandhar(rural) seniorsuperintendent of police (SSP) that hehad paid Rs 8.31 lakhs to the accusedof facilitating his migration abroad buthe was not sent abroad not returnedthe money. SHO said that a case undersections 420 (cheating) and 120-B(criminal conspiracy) of the IPC andsection 13 of the Punjab TravelProfession Regulation Act was againstthe accused after an inquiry. TheLohian Khas police also arrested atravel agent Harjit Kumar son ofLachhman Singh a resident of NewDeep Nagar,near S,D college HoshiarPur for duping Rattan Singh a residentof Nasir Pur village of Rs.8.80 lakhs onthe pretext of sending his son abroadsaid SHO B.S.Bhullar.

Sanitary conditionsworsen in town due tosweepers' strike KULWINDER KARWALSARDULGARH: Town Sardulgarh is ina bad state of sanitation due to theongoing strike by sweepers acrossPunjab since May 13. It has made lifedifficult for the people. Most of the city'sdrains overflow due to lack of sanitationand sewage water has entered thestreets. This has made it difficult forpeople to live in their homes due to thestench of dirty water all around. Wateris spilling into the streets due tooverflow of drains in the vicinity of St.Mira's School, Durga Mandir, oldCinema road and Boys' School in thecity. Apart from this, due to overflow ofsewage on Sirsa Mansa road, its waterhas spread in the Chaura bazaar of thecity. And the stench of this dirty water ismaking it difficult for people to sit in theshop and there is a fear of spreadingdeadly diseases. People havedemanded from the government tomake immediate arrangements forcleanliness of the city, so that peoplecan be saved from deadly diseases.

Guru Gobind SinghKhalsa College studentsexcel in BCA resultsHARPREET SINGH GILLRAIKOT: Guru Gobind Singh KhalsaCollege for Women, Kamalpura, arenowned institution in the field ofeducation, is producing good results in

a conducivelearningenvironmentfor femalestudents andtheir

willingness to work hard in theirstudies. BCA announces results foronline exams In the first semester,Baljot Kaur Lamme secured firstposition in the college with 85% marksand Rajdeep Kaur Jagraon securedsecond position with 70% marks. On thisoccasion, President of the CollegeBaljinder Singh Hansra, Vice PresidentAmarjit Singh Hansra, Secretary MalkiatSingh Rajal, Principal Dr. Balwant SinghSandhu and all the staff of the Collegethanked the students, their teachers andparents for getting good marks andpositions. Congratulations and bestwishes were given for a bright future ofthe students.

Vaccination camp organised at BDPO officeAJAY ARORAKHAMANON: A corona vaccination camp was organised at Blockdevelopment office Khamanon here today. A team of the healthdepartment had vaccinated nearly 50 persons during the camp.BDPO Khamanon Ramesh Kumar has appealed that everybodyshould come forward to be vaccinated because this is the only cureof this deadly disease. He thanked MLA Gurpreet Singh GP for hisoutstanding efforts to speed up the process of vaccination in theKhamanon Sub division. He further said that People are also beingvaccinated in the village Sub centre of Block. SCPO Jharmal Singh,Manvir Singh, Narinderjit Singh, Kuljeet Kaur, Rajinder Singh, RajivKumar were also present on the occasion.

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achieve milestone: Sukhwinder Bindra

RAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH, JUNE 17

Punjab Youth DevelopmentBoard (PYDB) ChairmanSukhwinder Singh Bindra onThursday inaugurated sevenCovid inoculation camps toensure every eligible get the life-saving jab to prevent third wavein the district.

Presiding over the camps inGovernment Middle SchoolKhakat, Government PrimarySchools in Raian, Gobindgarh,

Mundian Kalan, Kohara andSahnewal, Bindra said that theAdministration has ensured thesufficient stock of vaccine for 18+ population and now the youthmust play their part actively byparticipating in this vaccinationdrive which is only effective wayto combat the Covid.

He also asked the youngwarriors to mobilise others forvaccination so that herdimmunity can be built whichwould help to prevent fresh waveof Covid by breaking

transmission chain of virus.He also asked the youth to

enrol his/her peers, and pledge toprotect themselves, their familiesand their neighbourhoods againstCOVID-19 by ensuringvaccination which would furtherhelp to achieve 1M milestonemark. Sukhwinder Singh Bindrasaid that all youth of the state arebeing motivated to getthemselves vaccinated. He saidthat the PYDB is makingconcerted efforts to administerthe dose of the Covid19 vaccine

to all eligible people and PYDBwould leave no stone unturned toensure speedy coverage of thoseeligible at the earliest.

Prominent among present onthe occasion included AssistantDirector, Davinder Lotey , ViceChairmen Satwant Garcha,Hardeep Mundian, MandeepSahnewal, Seeta Kohara,Inderpal Grewal, Jassa Raian ,Shingara Singh, HarvinderPappi, Jashanjot Shergill,Joginder Tiger, Ranjeet Saini andKamal Sharma.

Interlock works not startedat Barnala even 11 months

after issuing tendersKULDEEP SOODGULSHAN KUMAR BARNALA, JUNE 17

Instead of looking back at the pastwork allotted to the concernedsocieties and contractors by thecity council officials, a largenumber of new works arecontinuously being allocated,Whereas previous works have notbeen completed or started by thesociety/contractor as per theperiod of the work order.Disclosing this here today Mr.Mahesh Kumar Lota, FormerVice President, BarnalaMunicipal Council said that onJuly 20, 2020, the city councilhad issued the work orders forinterlocking tiles in the city. Someof these works were also allottedto Mr. Ganesh CooperativeSociety while the MunicipalCouncil had passed a resolutionon October 24, 2019, against theformer Cooperative Society andTungwali Cooperative Societyincluding this society. However,it is not known in what mannerthe Municipal Council has re-assigned the work to thesesocieties. However, a writtenreply has been issued under thenotification sought from theMunicipal Council stating that no

resolution has been passed for re-functioning of the above-mentioned societies and nosanction has been granted by thehigher authorities. As a result,while the elected houses havebeen insulted by the officials ofthe Municipal Council, the workis not being done properly by thesocieties as before. He said thatout of the work orders issued tothe Ganesh Society 11 monthsago, the work of Balmik Colonyhas not been started yet whereasthe work was to be completed in4 months. Mr. Lota also statedthat the works of the said societiesfor July 2020 were found to beonly 1 to 2 percent less, asdisclosed in the RTI. The citycouncil also negotiated and issuedwork orders to the above-mentioned societies at only 3percent less whereas earlier thesame societies were working at30 to 40 percent less.

Basal gets new sub-division of ElectricityDepartment, 19 posts will be filled: Kanwar

JOGINDER DEV ARYABANGANA, JUNE 17

Rural Development,Panchayati Raj, Agriculture,Fisheries and AnimalHusbandry Minister VirendraKanwar has said thatapproval has been given toopen a new sub-division ofElectricity Department inBasal of Kutlahar assemblyconstituency. This wasapproved in the meeting ofthe Board of Directors ofHPSEBL and the departmenthas issued its notification.Congratulating all theKutlehar residents for this,he said that this is a bigachievement for the area asthe years old demand has

been fulfilled.Kanwar said that 14,860

consumers would bebenefited by the opening ofsub-division of theElectricity Department in

Basal, which would help inredressal of their problemsimmediately. He said thatalong with sub-division, 19posts would also be filled, inwhich one post of AE, twoposts of JE, one post ofSenior Assistant, two postseach of JOA (IT) and(Accounts), one post ofForeman. There are twoposts of Lineman, three postsof Assistant Lineman and 5posts of Junior T-Mate. Hesaid that now efforts arebeing made to open theDivision of ElectricityDepartment in Thana Kalanand the matter is underconsideration with thedepartment. It is expectedthat its notification will also

be issued soon.Rural Development and

Panchayati Raj MinisterVirendra Kanwar expressedhis gratitude to ChiefMinister Jai Ram Thakur foropening the sub-division ofElectricity Department inBasal. He said that ChiefMinister Jai Ram Thakurtakes special care ofdevelopment for the Kutlaharassembly constituency andby fulfilling many longpending demands, the StateGovernment has given manygifts to the residents of thearea. Kanwar said that all theresidents of Kutlaharassembly constituency arethankful to Chief Minister JaiRam Thakur.

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, JUNE 17

An exhibit of 697 printed bookspurchased under the InstitutionalDevelopment Plan of the ICAR NationalAgricultural Higher Education Projectwas dedicated to the students and staff ofDr. YS Parmar University of Horticultureand Forestry (UHF), Nauni on Thursdayby Vice-Chancellor Dr. ParvinderKaushal. These latest publications arebased on horticulture, forestry,management and allied disciplines. Thebooks have been procured at the cost ofaround Rs 10 lakh and have been kept inthe University's Satyanand StokesLibrary. In addition to these books,publications worth Rs 5 lakh have alsobeen ordered under the project to equipthe students with the latest literature intheir respective subjects. The event

began by unveiling a statue of GoddessSaraswati in the Library building.Librarian Dr. HR Sharma welcomed thechief guest and thanked him forupgrading the learning resources for thestudents. Dr. KK Raina, PrincipalInvestigator of IDP apprised the gatheringabout the various activities being carriedout under IDP. Informing about theactivity of Enhanced Learning Resources,he said that the library is switching tomodern energy-efficient lighting andLED boards.

UHF Library get 697 newbooks under IDP

Special voter registration campat Pingalwara, Mannawala

KULJIT SINGHJANDIALA GURU, JUNE 17

In view of the forthcomingAssembly elections, 2022,PWDs A special campaign hasbeen launched by the ChiefElectoral Officer, Punjab,Chandigarh for maximum voterregistration of individuals. Inwhich any citizen who is 18years of age or above onJanuary 1, 2021 and whosename is not registered in thevoters list can fill up his claim form 6 to cast his vote. Under thiscampaign Gurpreet Singh Khaira, IAS Under the guidance ofDistrict Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar,PWDs A special voter registration camp has been set up atPingalwara, Mannawala for maximum voter registration ofindividuals. The main attraction during the camp was MohnaSingh and Sohna Singh. It is to be mentioned that MohanaSingh and Sohna Singh are two persons with the same body.During the camp, these two persons filled different Form-6 fortheir vote registration. On this occasion such people wereappealed to come forward without any hesitation to cast theirvote and be a part of the world's largest democracy.

Team Shiv Sena Hind meetsMayor Panna Lal Bhatia

SHARANJEETPATHANKOT, JUNE 17

Today, the Shiv sena Hind Pathankot team met the Mayor ofPathankot Municipal Corporation Pannalal Bhatia , on theguidelines of Ravi Sharma National Core CommitteeChairman and National Spokesperson Anti Khalistan FrontShiv Sena Hind. He was congratulated and was given anumber one memorandum by Manga, Surinder Sharma,Ashok Mehra,Sarpanch Dwarkadas , Pawan and Rahul. RaviSharma collectively took the attention of the Mayor to theplight of the heritage martyr monuments of Pathankot. RaviSharma told that the condition of the country's heritage martyrmemorial built in Children Park, Mission Road, ShaheedBhagat Singh Chowk, Dhangu Road and Gandhi Chowk andGaddi Ahata Chowk is very pathetic.

MLA Bajwa meets CM, demandsdevelopment of constituency

VERMABATALA, JUNE 17

Fatehjang Singh Bajwa metthe Punjab Chief MinisterCapt. Amarinder Singh andapprised him about thevarious development worksbeing carried out in theconstituency as well as theefforts being made for theprevention of Kovid-19 inthe constituency.

Giving information inthis regard, MLA S. Mr.Fatehjang Singh Bajwa saidthat during his meeting withthe Chief Minister heapprised him of the ongoingdevelopment works of theconstituency and also laidbefore him importantdemands for thedevelopment of theconstituency. The ChiefMinister sought more grantsfor the overall developmentof Qadian constituency. Mr.

Mr. Bajwa said that the ChiefMinister had assured himthat more grants would bereleased for the developmentof the constituency.

Bajwa said that duringthe meeting with the ChiefMinister he also apprisedhim about the efforts beingmade by the healthdepartment for theprevention of Kovid-19. Healso apprised about the

efforts being made by the SatBachan Foundation tocontrol the corona epidemicin the constituency on whichthe Chief Ministerappreciated this noble deed.Mr. Mr. Bajwa said that themeeting with the ChiefMinister was very successfuland he listened to all thegrievances of theconstituency seriously andassured them of a solution.

One arrested with illicitliquor, lahan seized

PAWAN KALIAKAPURTHALA, JUNE 17

Continuing its drive against the illicit liquormenace in the district, police headed by SSPHarkamal Preet Singh Khakh on Thursdayunearthed an illegal liquor manufacturingunit operating in a house of Boot village andseized a heavy quantity of Lahan (the rawmaterial used for making the liquor) alongwith 14 boxes of whiskey smuggled fromArunachal Pradesh, 15 bottles of liquor anda swift (PB09-AA-8651). The police havealso arrested Sukhdev Singh alias Kala sonof Swaran Singh resident of Boot whosehouse was searched by special CIA teams inearly morning raids and detected this illegalmini distillery. Disclosing furtherinformation, Senior Superintendent ofPolice (SSP) Harkamalpreet Singh Khakhsaid that CIA teams received a tip-off aboutSukhdev Singh was running an illicit liquor

business and an illegal brewery isoperational in his house at village Boot. Hesaid responding swiftly to the information,CIA Sleuths under the supervision of SPinvestigation and DSP investigation reachedthe spot to arrest the accused. During thesearch, CIA teams apprehended the accusedand seized 1750 kg of lahan, 15 bottles ofillicit liquor and 14 boxes of smuggledgolden whiskey, and a swift (PB09-AA-8651), added SSP.

PATIALA, JUNE 17

A series of heavy storms hit differentparts of Punjab on 10th June, 11thJune and 13th June caused hugedamage to the power transmission &distribution infrastructure of the stateand assessed financial loss around 25crores to PSPCL. This was informedby CMD Shri A.Venu Prasad in apress note issued here today. A.VenuPrasad disclosed that more than15000 workers of PSPCL have so faraddressed more than 1.8 lacs powercomplaints affecting more than 50lacs consumers across Punjab, mainlyfrom Patiala, Kapurthala, Faridkot,Bathinda, Gurdaspur, Khanna, Ropar,Mohali, Sangrur, Barnala, duedestruction caused by heavy storms inthe last two weeks. He said that thestorms resulted in breakdown ofaround 900 of 11 kV & 66 kV feedersdamaging around 20 Nos. 66 kVTowers, more than 13000 Poles,around 2500 Transformers and morethan 100 Km of conductor, besidesother associated equipment &accessories. CMD said that with the

continuous 24x7 monitoring,systematic patrolling of feeders andclearing of lines, PSPCL has beenable to restore power supply ofmajority of the affected area within 72hours. He said that PSPCLconsumers, especially in rural areas,also came forward to help PSPCL inall possible ways. A. Venu Prasad,lauded the efforts of PSPCL officerswho had sensibly outlined theirpriorities for restoring power with thehighest priority given to the criticalinfrastructure, such as hospitals,medical facilities and oxygenmanufacturing units. He said thatsuch commitment and dedicationduring crisis like this is commendable

and great service to the state. He alsosaid that uninterrupted supply wasprovided to 26 Oxygenmanufacturing units in the state evenduring these storms. He thanked thePSPCL workforce who in spite of theagitation calls given by the unions,came together to serve theorganization & state during such achallenging time. He further addedthat PSPCL know the importance ofelectricity in day to day life,disturbance in electricity createshardships, and PSPCL greatlyappreciate our valuable customers’for their patience and support asPSPCL worked day and night toassess & restore damage caused bythis natural calamity . He said thatsupply to all domestic, commercial &industrial consumers and most of theagricultural consumers, has beenfully reinstated and PSPCL workedon a war footing to ensure that supplyto the remaining agriculturalconsumers was restored by 16th Juneevening so that the farmers can getreliable 8 hours power supply forpaddy sowing.

PSPCL officers and employees redressed 1.8 lacpower complaints in record 3 days: A. Venu Prasad

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Ramos to leaveReal Madrid after16 years, clubannounces farewellMADRID: Sergio Ramos is official-ly leaving Real Madrid after 16years at the club when his contractexpires at the end of the month,the club announced on Wednes-day.Real Madrid C. F. announced thatthe institutional act of tribute andfarewell to their captain SergioRamos will be held on Thursday,which will be attended by theclub's President Florentino Perez.The 35-year-old defender hasfailed to agree on a new contractwith the LaLiga club and will leaveas a free agent.Ramos, who has made 671 ap-pearances for Madrid, scoring 101goals is yet to make any decisionregarding his future. The defendersigned for Real Madrid in 2005and is now leaving the club havingwon four Champions League ti-tles, five Liga trophies, four ClubWorld Cups, three European Su-per Cups, four Spanish SuperCups, and two Copa del Rey titles,being Real Madrid's second mosthonored player just behind PacoGento.Ramos missed much of the pastseason with injuries as he madeonly 21 appearances for Los Blan-cos and was not selected by Spainfor the Euro 2020.

Euro 2020: GarethBale shines as Walesbeat Turkey 2-0BAKU: Goals from Aaron Ramseyand Connor Roberts gave Wales a2-0 win in their Group A matchover Turkey here at Baku'sOlympic Stadium on Wednesdayto put them on the verge of a Euro2020 Round-of-16 spot.Aaron Ramsey, who had alreadymissed two excellent chances toscore, finished a superb half-volleysix yards out to give Wales thelead in the match just a handful ofminutes from half-time. The Ju-ventus man was picked up byGareth Bale with a top-drawerpass as he made another inch-perfect run, brought it down overthe shoulder onto his chest, andskittered it into the bottom-left cor-ner past Cakir.Wales captain Gareth Bale had achance to double the team's leadwhen he was tripped by Zeki Celikand awarded a penalty, but theskipper skied up his effort towardsthe top-left corner. Welsh defenceheld firm from then on as Turkeywent for the equaliser but it wasWales who scored right at thedeath in injury time as ConnorRoberts was all set up to place thepass by Bale past goalkeeperUgurcan Cakir to seal the victory.By adding a victory to their pointearned against Switzerland onSaturday, Robert Page's men arelikely to reach the next round ofthe European Championship onSunday.With this victory against Turkey,only world champions France (six)have celebrated more wins acrossEuro 2016 and 2020 than Wales,who have now won five of theireight matches in the competition,boasting the highest winning per-centage of all sides to have playedat any European Championships(63 per cent). Wales now travel tothe Stadio Olimpico in Rome toface Italy in their final group gameon Sunday. Turkey faces Switzer-land in a must-win match in theBaku Olympic Stadium at thesame time.

Ranawade inks freshfour-year deal withMumbai City FCMUMBAI: Indian Super Leaguechampions Mumbai City FC onThursday has signed a four-yearcontract extension with AmeyRanawade until May 2025.Amey first represented 'DSK Shiv-ajians' and Mohun Bagan in the ILeague along with two stints at FCGoa in the Indian Super League.After turning out for BengaluruUnited in the I League 2nd Divi-sion, the 23-year-old signed forMumbai City FC ahead of the2020-21 campaign.The right-sided fullback broke intoSergio Lobera's side and went onto make 20 appearances in thelast season, where they baggedboth the ISL League Winners'Shield and the ISL trophy."Joining Mumbai City last yearwas one of the best decisions, I'vetaken in my career. Over the lastyear, this club has not only givenme the confidence to show what Ican do on the pitch but has beenlike my family and like any family,they have stood by me in goodtimes and bad," Amey was quotedas saying in a media statement is-sued here by the club. HeadCoach, Sergio Lobera, on his part,said that Amey possesses a greatamount of quality .

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AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 17

Former India batsman Yuvraj Singhbelieves while New Zealand holdan advantage entering the finals ofthe World Test Championship(WTC) at the Ageas Bowl inSouthampton, the Indians led by Vi-rat Kohli have a number of match-winners who can change the gamein a jiffy.

In a wide-ranging interviewwith ANI, Yuvraj opened up on hishopes from the WTC final, whetherthe championship holds the sameweight as the 50-over World Cup,his expectations from opener Shub-man Gill, the Indian women playingTest cricket after a while and hislove for motorsport.

"Definitely, my favourites willalways be India. New Zealand hasthe advantage after winning the Testseries against England, they havehad more time on the park, theyplayed two Test matches. They havehad more time over there and Indiahad one practice game over there. Ithink cricket is a great sport, oneday or one session can change thegame around. India has a lot ofmatch-winners in their squad," saidYuvraj.

"You never know, hopefully, itwould be an exciting Test match.Sometimes you feel Test cricket isdying but then you see India win-ning in Australia and Test cricket isrevived again. We see New Zealand

beat England in England, nothinglike Test cricket, probably the bestformat I have watched and I haveplayed," he added.

When asked whether winningthe WTC would be the same as win-ning the 50-over World Cup, Yuvrajsaid: "I don't know. I feel the 50-over World Cup has a lot of history,Test cricket obviously has more his-tory but the WTC is happening forthe first time. Getting the numberone spot is a big thing. But I cannotreally compare winning the WorldCup and WTC because I have notbeen part of both things.

"Like Virat Kohli would be in abetter position or Rohit Sharmawould be in a better position to ex-plain that. I would say Virat more be-cause he has won the World Cup, hewas in the 2011 squad, and then ifgiven the WTC, he is the captain.

Kohli in a betterposition to judge

everything: Yuvraj AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 17

An Olympic qualifying spotwithin her grasp, nationalrecord-holding sprinter DuteeChand on Wednesday said hertarget in the upcoming TokyoGames is to reach the 100m fi-nal with an improved timing.

Dutee is yet to breach thequalification timing of 11.15seconds but is expected tomake it to the Tokyo Gameson the basis of world rankings.Out of the 56 athletes to com-pete, 33 will be those whotouch qualification timing and

the remaining will be pickedon the basis of rankings.

The 25-year-old, who hasa personal best of 11.22 sec, iscurrently 42nd in the WorldAthletics' Road to Tokyo list,which also includes those who

have already qualified on thebasis of entry standard timing.The qualification deadline isJune 29 and the final list of en-tries will be published on July1. "I will try my best to touchthe 11.15 sec standard during

the Indian Grand Prix 4 onJune 21 and the National Inter-State Championships (June 25-29). If not, I am expectingqualification on the basis ofrankings," Dutee said in a vir-tual press conference. My aimin Tokyo is to run below 11.10seconds and qualify for the fi-nal round. Olympics is thebiggest event, there will be alot of athletes who run around11 seconds and below that,"said the runner who was ropedin as brand ambassador of Sen-co Gold and Diamonds com-pany as part of its initiatives forthe LGBTQ community.

Dutee expects Olympics spoton basis of world rankings

US Open tennis tournament toallow 100% fan capacity in 2021

Intent to score runs inEngland should never goto the back seat, says Gill

AGENCYSOUTHAMPTON , JUNE 17

India opener Shubman Gill hashighlighted the importance of'intent' ahead of the WTC finalagainst New Zealand as the 21-year-old admitted this will bethe biggest match of his career.

The gritty opener has al-ready impressed the cricketingworld with his exceptionaltemperament in both Australiaas well as at home against Eng-land and the same is being ex-pected by all from him in hisfirst international stint in Eng-land.

"World Test Champi-onship Final, it will be thebiggest match of my life sofar," Shubman Gill toldKolkata Knight Rider's officialwebsite.

In the recent intra-squadmatch simulation inSouthampton, he struck an im-pressive 85 which eventually

earned him a place in the 15-man Indian squad for the finaland almost guaranteed his po-sition as the opener.

Commenting about themindset to get runs, Shubmansaid that his priority is to keepthe run-scoring intent flowingand not feel the pressure of ex-pectations.

"I feel, your intent to scoreruns in England should nevergo on the back seat. When youare looking to score runs, thebowlers get on the back footand you can put some pressureon the bowler. If you are justlooking to survive, you tend toget more good balls (bowled atyou)," Shubman pointed.

Shubman already has hadsome amazing time in Englandin the past playing U-19 andList A matches. While in U-19one-days and Tests, he aver-aged 92.66 and 43.5 respec-tively, in List A, his average isa commendable 68.25.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 17

In a matter of just 19 Test matches,Jasprit Bumrah has become India's pacespearhead and it comes as no surprisebecause even the legendary Sachin Ten-dulkar believes the fast bowler can betricky to face at the start of the innings.And the Kiwi batsmen will definitelyhave their task cut out when Virat Kohlihands Bumrah the Dukes ball in theWorld Test Championship final at theAgeas Bowl in Southampton.

Having played Bumrah in the nets,Tendulkar says the fast bowler has a

slightly awkward action and that makesthe job of the batsman that much moredifficult.

"I was told that when a bowler isbowling well, stand at the non-striker'send (laughs). Jokes apart, Bumrah is aworld-class bowler, his action is slight-ly awkward, I have played him in thenets and his action is awkward. He isquicker than you think. He hits the bathard so one can say because his action isodd, you get less time to react.

"I would suggest any batter that be-fore you play any big shot, make sureyou have gotten your eye in because thatis what his strength is, before a batter

gets his eye in, he will come in and de-liver the knockout punch. So be readyfor that, the first crucial moments are ex-tremely critical. If you survive, under-stand and get used to his bowling action,then things can change gradually," hetold . While Bumrah has done well so far,playing the final of the World Test Cham-pionship can be another ball-game andthat is where he could do with the experi-ence of someone like Ishant Sharma. Ten-dulkar agrees that the 101-Test veteranknows England conditions better thananyone else in the team, but the maestrodoesn't wish to call on the playing XI."Otherwise also, one has to have that mix-

ture of senior players and junior players asthat blend works. I am not suggestinganyone's name here, but I think the bal-ance works in batting or bowling. Thenyou have seniors to guide you because Is-hant has been around for a long time. Heunderstands the conditions in Englandbetter than anyone else. "Ishant wouldplay a critical role, but I would leave it tothe management because they understandwhich bowler is bowling well in the netsthey also had an intra-squad game andbatters would have given their feedbacktoo to the coach and captain on whetherthe ball is hitting the bat hard enough toshow the bowler is in good rhythm.

Bumrah delivers the knockout punch beforebatsmen get their eyes in, says Tendulkar

AGENCYNEW YORK, JUN 17

The U.S. Open tennis tournament willallow 100% spectator capacity through-out its entire two weeks in 2021, a yearafter spectators were banned from theevent because of the coronavirus pan-demic.

The U.S. Tennis Association an-nounced Thursday that all tickets forcourts and grounds passes will go onsale in July.

The year's last Grand Slam tourna-ment is scheduled to be held at FlushingMeadows in New York from Aug. 30 toSept. 12.

The USTA's decision to return to itsusual number of people on-site is the lat-est step in a return to normal for NewYork and for fans of various sports as the

world emerges from more than a year ofCOVID-19 restrictions.

On Tuesday, New York Gov. An-drew Cuomo said many of the state's re-maining social distancing rules would beeased because 70% of its adults have re-ceived at least one dose of a coronavirusvaccine.

The New York Mets announcedWednesday they will return to full ca-pacity next week. A sellout crowd of52,078 attended a baseball game atDodger Stadium in Los Angeles onTuesday night. The Indianapolis 500 onMay 30 sold around 135,000 tickets,which is 40% of capacity at Indianapo-lis Motor Speedway.

WTC final: Battle lines drawn as Kohliand Williamson chase world title

AGENCYSOUTHAMPTON , JUNE 17

India might be second on the listin the latest ICC rankings for Testteams, but it doesn't bear testimo-ny to what the team has achievedunder Virat Kohli in the last twoyears. And going into the final ofthe World Test Championship(WTC) against top-ranked NewZealand from Friday, Kohli'sboys will definitely fancy theirchances of winning the inauguraledition of the championship at theAgeas Bowl.

The momentum lies with theKiwis as they beat England 1-0 inthe just concluded Test series andthe same catapulted them to thetop of the rankings. But then,cricket isn't played on paper andall these things will take a back-seat when Kohli and KaneWilliamson head out for the tosson Friday.

This Indian team under Kohlihas shown they believe in playingto win and has time and againsnatched victories from the jawsof defeat. Not to forget the depthin the bench which was visible onthe tour of Australia at the start ofthe year.

India was without the likes ofskipper Virat Kohli, spinnerRavichandran Ashwin, Mo-hammed Shami, and pacer JaspritBumrah when the team defeatedAustralia by three wickets againstall odds in the final Test at TheGabba to take the series 2-1.

India will be riding on the re-cent performances in the longest

format which also saw themclinching a series win againstEngland after being one down inthe Test series.

After cricket resumed amidthe coronavirus pandemic in De-cember 2020, India has won fiveout eight Tests with the recent wincoming against England in whichthe hosts defeated the Joe Root-led side by an innings and 25runs.

But then, the only blip in anotherwise perfect report card isthe series loss to the Kiwis inNew Zealand in 2020. While theylost the first Test by 10 wickets,

they lost the second one by sevenwickets.

On the other hand, NewZealand has won five out of thesix Tests since December 2020with the recent victory comingagainst England on Sunday.

New Zealand who weren't incontention to play the Test Cham-pionship final, first sniffed theirchance when the ICC in Novem-ber, last year, amended the WTCpoints system due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Zealand, who had halfof the points India had, suddenlygot a reprieve when the percent-

age points system was intro-duced. Since then New Zealand athome defeated West Indies andPakistan to move to the top andqualified for the summit clashwhen Australia cancelled theirtour to South Africa in February2021.

Some might argue that theroad towards the WTC final waseasy for New Zealand but thatdoesn't deny the fact that the Ki-wis didn't just defeat West Indiesand Pakistan, but left them gasp-ing for breath by clinching gameswithout even going into the sec-ond innings.

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GLAMOURGLAMOURctor Priyanka Chopra Jonas, who is currently in London for her loved watching her put on her makeup -kajal to work, missed being with her mother Madhu Chopra on her birthday. line her eyes, lipstick, and always a red bindi in ATaking to Instagram, Priyanka on Wednesday night penned a the center of of her forehead. I longed to be like

loved-up post for her mother her someday: elegant, eloquent, impeccably "Happy birthday mom. Missing our ritual of celebrating your special day dressed, impossibly glamorous. She exuded together. Love you loads... see you real soon @drmadhuakhourichopra," quiet confidence and total competence-which, she wrote. For the unversed, Priyanka is in London for the shoot of her together with her natural sense of style, made

upcoming web project, 'Citadel', her magnetic. Whether she was dressed in a which is being helmed by the Russo French chiffon sari for work or in a brothers. Making her mother's day pair of white bell-bottoms and special, she even shared an big sunglasses on emotional excerpt from her vacation, she was the memoir, 'Unfinished'. In the epitome of beauty in particular excerpt, Priyanka my eyes," the text described her mother's love read.for dressing up. "My mother Priyanka's husband was a combination of and singer Nick intellect and allure. As she Jonas, too, posted a would get ready to meet birthday wish for his guests I would study her mother-in-law on social carefully applying her media. "Happy birthday to my makeup, creams, and incredible mother-in-law perfumes and then getting @madhumalati," he wrote, adding dressed for the evening. Her a picture of the two of them on wardrobe was all color - Instagram Story.chiffon saris in floral prints hot Priyanka's mother has also received a pinks, bright oranges, deep special wish from VJ Anusha Dandekar, who is

reds, golden yellows. Her long, dark hair hung to her waist, and she one of the close friends of Priyanka.usually wore it down in a braid or in a bun at the nape of her neck. "I

Priyanka misses her mother Madhu Chopra on her birthday

Dune to World Premiereat Venice Film Festival

anadian film director Denis Villeneuve's hotly-anticipated 'Dune' reboot will be making its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September. As anticipated by Variety, the fest has announced Cthat the big-budget sci-fi epic toplining Timothee Chalamet and

Zendaya will world premiere in Venice out-of-competition on September 3. The film has been adapted from Frank Herbert's seminal science fiction bestseller about young Paul Atreides (Chalamet), scion of the noble House of Atreides, tasked with overseeing the barren desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Villeneuve was last in Venice with non-conventional sci-fi movie 'Arrival' in 2016. The star-studded picture from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures also stars Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgard, Dave Bautista, Sharon Duncan Brewster, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Chang Chen, David Dastmalchian, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem. Though Venice, as is customary, has not specified what talents will be attending the 'Dune' premiere, it's a safe bet that Warner Bros. will be flying in some stars. 'Dune' is scheduled for a simultaneous release in theaters via Warner Bros. and on HBO Max on October 1. Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve, Cale Boyter and Joe Caracciolo, Jr. produced the film. The executive producers were Tanya Lapointe, Joshua Grode, Herbert W. Gains, Jon Spaihts, Thomas Tull, Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt and Kim Herbert.

"Happy birthday to my incredible mother-in-law @madhumalati," he wrote, adding a picture of the two of them on Instagram Story

Alia Bhatt considers her grandfather an 'inspiration'

ctor Alia Bhatt finds inspiration in her 93-year-old grandfather. Alia took to her Instagram and wished her grandfather a happy birthday by calling him her 'inspiration'. "Happy 93 Amy inspiration. Love you gamps," she wrote, adding a picture from the birthday

celebration. In the image, we can see Alia posing with her grandfather, mother Soni Razdan and sister Shaheen Bhatt. Alia's boyfriend and actor Ranbir Kapoor along with his mother Neetu

Kapoor and sister Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, too, made presence at the occasion. Riddhima has posted a string of images on her Instagram from the low-key birthday party. "With the birthday boy

#93andfabulous," Riddhima captioned one of the images, which was photobombed by Ranbir.Actor Soni Razdan dedicated an emotional note to her father on his birthday. "Daddy has turned 93 years young today ! The best story teller to children in the world .. he used to make them up as he went along .. and we even had a series called Neelam and Gagan .. which he regaled my sis and me with in weekly instalments ; a prolific badminton and snooker player in the olden days; a good bridge player and now an avid golfer ( yes he still plays) apart from being an architect who still practices ! (designed Chitrakoot and Woodlands) the list is endless and so is his boundless energy, enthusiasm and ability to tell the most hilarious jokes with full character renditions. "

Dharmendra croons to his favourite song 'Abhi na jao chhod kar'

eteran actor Dharmendra on Thursday treated his fans with a glimpse of his singing skills. Taking to Instagram, Vthe 'He-Man' of Bollywood posted a video clip of him

crooning 'Abhi na jao chhod kar'. "My favourite song. Friends, love you for your loving response to my previous post," Dharmendra captioned the clip, in which he is seen sporting a casual look. The original track can also be heard in the background. The evergreen 'Abhi na jao chhod kar' was sung by Asha Bhosle and Late Mohammed Rafi for the 1961

released movie 'Hum Dono', which starred Dev Anand and Sadhna. Dharmendra's video has left fans in awe of him. "Love you sir. You brought a smile to my face," a user commented.

"Sir, you are the sweetest. Keep smiling like this always," another one commented. Dharmendra is quite active on

social media. He often gives sneak peek of his personal life by sharing videos and pictures from his daily routine. A few days ago, the 85-year-old star shared a video of him exercising in a swimming pool.

Directors Anubhav Sinha, Hansal Mehta, Anurag Kashyap reunite over 'samosas'

ilmmaker Anubhav Sinha expressed his Fhappiness as he met his

friends and directors Anurag Kashyap, Hansal Mehta, Sudhir Mishra and Ketan Mehta. Taking to Instagram, Anubhav on Wednesday night posted a picture of his reunion with the other talented filmmakers. "The office felt really privileged today with so many friends dropping by. Samosas we're had aplenty as Bin' in 2001 and then went on to make it rained outside," he wrote on Instagram. films like 'Cash', ' Dus' and 'Ra One'. In The reunion picture has garnered several 2018, he shifted his direction and helmed likes and comments. Actor Dia Mirza projects like 'Mulk', 'Article 15' and described the group as 'diggaj log'. "Arre 'Thappad'. Anubhav's upcoming film is baap re. Diggaj log," Dia commented. 'Anek', which marks his second "Lethal," actor Divya Dutta wrote. Speaking collaboration with actor Ayushmann of Anubhav's work projects, he began his Khurrana.cinema journey with the romantic film 'Tum

Disney Plus greenlights

prequel seriesBEAUTY AND THE BEAST

treamer Disney Plus has officially ordered a prequel Smusical series to 2017 hit movie

"Beauty and the Beast".The show, which comes from Disney Branded Television and ABC Signature, will focus on the characters of Luke Evans and Josh Gad, the streamer said in a statement. Evans and Gad will reprise their roles of Gaston and LeFou (Louie), respectively in the eight-episode series, tentatively titled "Beauty and the Beast". Joining the show's cast is "The Tender Bar" actor Briana Middleton, who will play the role of Tilly, Louie's stepsister. Set in the iconic kingdom of "Beauty and the Beast" years before the Beast and Belle's epic romance, the story will follow Gaston and LeFou as they set off with LeFou's step-sister, Tilly, after a surprising revelation from her past comes to light, , sending the unlikely trio off on an unexpected journey filled with romance, comedy, and adventure.

Agar Tum Saath Holyricist Irshad hints at reunion with Imtiaz Ali

ndian lyricist Irshad Kamil, who had collaborated with filmmaker Imtiaz Ali for Iseveral movies, hinted at the duo's reunion

with his latest birthday wish tweet for Ali. Irshad took to his Twitter handle and wrote, "Dear #ImtiazAli Let's Discover Ourselves Again. Happy Birthday." From several birthday wishes that the filmmaker might have received today, this would be the most special one for Imtiaz as the director's films are famous for leaving a strong imprint on each one of his fans with their exe mplary storyline and

songs- that are mostly written by Irshad.